David Ryrie - Paradise is a Place 2017

David Ryrie, This is Paradise No. 1 (2016), Pigment ink on archival art paper 73.4 x 110cm (83.4 x 120cm overall), Edition of 4 + 2AP

PARADISE IS A PLACE DAVID RYRIE 17 MAY - 3 JUNE 2017

PARADISE IS A PLACE DAVID RYRIE Opening Night: Wednesday 17 May, 6 - 8pm 17 May - 3 June 2017, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm 76 Paddington St Paddington NSW 2021 RSVP 02 9660 7799 or via Eventbrite Paradise is a Place is David Ryrie’s first exhibition at Piermarq. Photography has always been on the agenda as an offering at the gallery. Upon meeting David Ryrie’s work, it was a forgone conclusion for us. His work has a depth and painterly quality rarely found in the medium, so much so that it is easy to understand why his work so swiftly finds its way into collections dominated by painting. Through texture and exceptional composition his photographs warmly embrace, yet unsettle in the very same moment.

Paradise is a Place was captured in Glenorchy a small settlement at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu in the South Island region of Otago, New Zealand. Although a popular tourist spot Glenorchy remains, for the most part, unsullied by the trappings of tourism.

On David Ryrie’s practice, Julian Beaumont stated that; “His art is not simply photographic. His concern with image-making has less to do with accurately documenting what a place or object looks like; the foundation of his art is in the significance and potency of the place and of the story that lies there, patent or hidden.”

In this way, Paradise is a Place not only captures the beauty and solitude of Glenorchy, but explores the way in which we co-exist and are eclipsed by nature. We are thrilled to present David Ryrie’s latest body of work, letting his unique narrative expose a little more about what lies at the top of the lake. __________________ ARTIST STATEMENT Glenorchy is ‘The Gateway to Paradise,’ and yes, Paradise is a place. I went there, I saw the sign. I’m not being facetious in any way. This part of the world is extraordinary and I wanted to know what it felt like to live there.

Much of my work explores the evidence of our existence in the world; the things we collect, the things we build, the things we do. It is all a part of the mark we leave.

Glenorchy is a small place; beautifully so. There is a sense of the natural environment still having its rightful pride of place; the bigger footprint. It is a place where you are reminded that mother nature, whatever her whims, will have her way and we have to respect that.

But I did notice something about living there. You can get used to the beauty, take it for granted. And while we will always engage with such places, we must do so thoughtfully.

DAVID RYRIE David Ryrie is an Australian born artist currently living and working from the Southern Highlands, NSW. Ryrie works predominantly in the mediums of photography and text.

Photography became a serious process for Ryrie at an early age; he remembers first using a camera with some intention at the age of 14. “I have always taken photographs for myself. Sharing them has been a challenge. I felt that something was missing and that something was the stories that goes with them.”

Making photographs has always been about having something worthwhile to say.

It was indeed the photographers who said most about there own lives, and in fact photographed them, that have had the most profound influence on his artistic practice. “I am interested in the evidence of our existence in this world, the mark we leave, and how we meet at times, and collide at others with the natural world in which we live.”

Furthermore, David Ryrie is constantly exploring the boundaries of photography as a language; “I want to notice things that may otherwise go unseen.”

Since 2013, David Ryrie has held solo exhibitions across NSW, and featured in a number of group exhibitions. His work is held in numerous private, corporate and public collections in Australia.

Artist David Ryrie

David Ryrie This is Paradise No. 1 (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper

73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

David Ryrie Mountain Scene No. 1 (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper 73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

David Ryrie Love & Treachery (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper 73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

100 x 150cm (110 x 160cm overall) Edition of 2 + AP

David Ryrie Brothers (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper 73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

100 x 150cm (110 x 160cm overall) Edition of 2 + AP

David Ryrie Now & Then (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper

73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

David Ryrie Paradise Road (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper

73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

David Ryrie Picnic Table & Mountain (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper 73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

100 x 150cm (110 x 160cm overall) Edition of 2 + AP

David Ryrie Road to the Lake (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper 73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

100 x 150cm (110 x 160cm overall) Edition of 2 + AP

David Ryrie Wood Pile No. 1 (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper

73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

David Ryrie Waiting for the Flood (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper

73.4 x 110 (83.4 x 120cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2 AP

David Ryrie
 Closer to Paradise (2016) Pigment ink on archival art paper 70 x 140cm (80 x 150cm overall) Edition of 4 + 2AP

ARTIST CV DAVID RYRIE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Paradise is a Place, Piermarq, Sydney, NSW 2017 Time Will Surely Tell, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2016 Sometime Before Now, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2015 This Ain’t Kansas Dorothy, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW 2013 Three Steps North of South, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 3:33 Art Projects, BCC Partners, Sydney, NSW 2015 Mugshot, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW 2014 Burrawang DnA Festival, Burrawang, NSW 2013 Autoportrait, Gallery Ecosse, NSW COLLECTIONS Macquarie Group Art Collection Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW The Australian Club, Sydney, NSW Germanos Collection, Sydney, NSW Private Collections RESIDENCIES 2016 Collector, NSW, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

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