Yakalina Secrets: New Shows for Pop Surrealism Fans

Mark Ryden's Yakalina Secrets, the second installment in the artist's incredible gallery of creatures, is a wondrous exploration of his reverence for these beings. Foreword by Takashi Murakami.

During the isolation of COVID-19 in his Pacific Northwest studio, Mark Ryden began a series of his iconic half-animal, half-plush creatures that further explored his reverence for these beings, who are guides through a landscape of the unknown. The figures in these paintings are neither human nor animal; they are spiritual entities that create a bridge between the human and animal worlds in which so much disharmony exists.

This book features all of the original portraits of Ryden's mysterious and mythical creatures. The resulting gallery of enchanted characters embodies the artist's meticulously realized signature blend of archetype, kitsch, and narrative mysticism. Mark Ryden's Yakalina Secrets features works from two of the artist's exhibitions, organized in collaboration with Emmanuel Perrotin and Kasmin Gallery: Animal Secrets in Paris and Yakalina 9 in Tokyo.

The wondrous second installment in the artist's incredible gallery of creatures, Mark Ryden's Yakalina Secrets is a captivating exploration of the artist's reverence for these beings. Foreword by Takashi Murakami. During the isolation of COVID-19, Ryden began a series of his iconic half-animal, half-plush creatures in his Pacific Northwest studio, further examining these enigmatic figures that act as guides through a landscape of the unknown. Neither human nor animal, the spiritual entities depicted in these paintings create a bridge between the human and animal worlds, which are often marked by disharmony.

This book showcases the original portraits of Ryden's mysterious and mythical creatures, whose enchanted characters embody the artist's meticulously realized signature blend of archetype, kitsch, and narrative mysticism. Mark Ryden's Yakalina Secrets features works from two of the artist's exhibitions, organized in collaboration with Emmanuel Perrotin and Kasmin Gallery: Animal Secrets in Paris and Yakalina 9 in Tokyo.

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