Ryan McLennan is an artist who uses graphite and acrylic on canvas. The show these paintings are from is called “The Strain of Inheritance” and it opens very soon up at Joshua Linger Gallery. The centerpiece is shown above: a 52″ x 68″ giant called “Departure.” This piece features a giant tree trunk intertwined with bones, bears, and bison, it reminds a fellow of some of the oddest passages from the book “Ender’s Game” – where a giant’s been slain, his carcass having become home to animals and humans galore.

All’s recycled, all’s used.

Widness the severe sharpness and depressing eyeballs of the animals here. Look also for the bears made of leaves draped over the living animals. And the bones. And the vines. What a set of lovely connections.

Ryan McLennan
The Strain of Inheritance
October 17–November 14, 2009
Opening reception, Gallery II: Saturday, October 17, 6–9 PM
http://joshualinergallery.com/

Joshua Liner Gallery
548 W. 28th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
For more information, please visit www.joshualinergallery.com, or contact Tim Strazza at 212.244.7415 or
tim@joshualinergallery.com.

Some examples of sizes:

Work Ethic Acrylic and graphite on paper 47 x 54 in. 2009 (Moose circling a tree) - The Storyteller Acrylic and graphite on paper 30 x 22 in. 2009 (Single moose missing leg) - The Widower Acrylic and graphite on paper 30 x 22 in. 2009 (Ox and single skull)

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