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Fascination Street / 2018-20

From the 13FOREST Gallery press release:

Fascination Street, Ryczek’s first solo exhibition, introduces a body of work that synthesizes his experience of visiting Seoul, South Korea in 2016. Here, Ryczek presents the experience of traveling to an unfamiliar country, being overwhelmed by new sights and sensations, and distilling coherent memories from it all.

The impetus behind Ryczek’s 10-day trip, his first outside the United States, was his partner’s participation in a gathering of Korean adoptees in Seoul, which included her. Prior to their trip, they had had little knowledge of Korean culture, which inspired them to immerse themselves in learning about her country of origin. In Seoul Ryczek and his partner created a visual record of a new culture and their impressions of it by photographing the city and its residents.

Read the full press release

Soft Power

  • oil and acrylic on wood panel (framed)
  • 13 x 25 in.
  • 2018

Nursery

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2019

Passage

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2019

Han

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2019

Perilla

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2019

Decline and Fall

  • oil on wood panel
  • 30 x 30 in.
  • 2019

Minjok

  • oil on wood panel
  • 30 x 30 in.
  • 2019

Display

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2019

Lost and Found

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2019

Gazing Girls

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2020

Level

  • oil on wood panel
  • 18 x 24 in.
  • 2020

Apex

  • oil on wood panel
  • 30 x 36 in.
  • 2020

BLACKPINK

  • oil and pencil on mylar
  • 10 x 10 in.
  • 2020

BTS

  • oil and pencil on mylar
  • 10 x 10 in.
  • 2020

Lesson

  • oil and pencil on paper
  • 10 x 10 in.
  • 2020