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Solo ~ a thing of this world

Solo ~ a thing of this world

January 24, 2016 by Ryder

a thing of this world

Martha Fenestermaker Memorial Visual Arts Gallery, Laredo Community College
Laredo, Texas
January 21- February 25, 2016

a thing of this world, Ryder Richards’ installation has evolved from researching civil power conflicts, primarily focusing on the relationship between police and citizens. Influenced by power/knowledge theory, the work uses the aesthetics of conflict while considering academic knowledge as a distancing mechanism from reality. The artist’s stark, detailed drawings, which depict a range of imagery from shielded police, plumes of smoke, to excerpts from theoretical text, frames a sense of civil escalation among police/citizen relations. Relative to the works on paper, Richards’ sculptural objects and paintings allude to conflations in the symbolic means-to power in the form of a Kevlar® hoodie, DIY riot shields,  and failed monuments.

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atotw - shield: charged, burn, defense
atotw – shield: charged, burn, defense
atotw - shield: charged and burn
atotw – shield: charged and burn
shield: defense
shield: defense
atotw - utility, charged, burn
atotw – utility, charged, burn
atotw - shield: utility
atotw – shield: utility
atotw - intractable conflict, predation 3
atotw – intractable conflict, predation 3
atotw - shield: charged
atotw – shield: charged
atotw - shield: predation 2
atotw – shield: predation 2
atotw - shield: academic & defensive force II
atotw – shield: academic & defensive force II
atotw - shield: defensive force & rebuttal
atotw – shield: defensive force & rebuttal
atotw - shield: masks (DIYTrying)
atotw – shield: masks (DIYTrying)
atotw - shield: monument
atotw – shield: monument
atotw - shield: monument
atotw – shield: monument

Richards lectured at the opening reception on his research into power, force, and the aesthetic manifestation of power and fear.


DIY Trying: Gasmasks

In conjunction with the exhibition Richards conducted a workshop, “DIY Trying: Gasmasks,” in which he taught 20 students how to create their own riot gasmasks from soda bottles and build filters with activated charcoal and soda lime.

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Many, many thanks to Alvaro Perez for hosting me.

Filed Under: art, events Tagged With: a thing of this world, art, civil unrest, cops, DIY, exhibition, gasmask, installation, laredo, laredo community college, lecture, police, power, ryder richards, solo, workshop

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