ryanestep.com var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-20736450-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-21194059-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @ryanestep)http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19d1e50a980e8cddf08f11800691ef27/tumblr_mn6ekcNMX41qgnhnao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://j-sanders.tumblr.com/post/51034470263/jessica-sanders-2013-brass-rod-roofing-nail">j-sanders</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jessica Sanders, 2013; brass rod, roofing nail, 36” x 1” </p> <p><a href="http://www.jessicasanders.org"><a href="http://www.jessicasanders.org">www.jessicasanders.org</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/51035929817http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/51035929817Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/77d5ac3ea7bd4c5d94ddb29e43d24dbd/tumblr_mm0dnqnYmh1snf4mgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e86d22a9ddd0d646b99d408c8a9dfc76/tumblr_mm0dnqnYmh1snf4mgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4567b82816bb63e0e2581a21d8efc442/tumblr_mm0dnqnYmh1snf4mgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c47b2fb2dd9e481b205f3023fc12fb48/tumblr_mm0dnqnYmh1snf4mgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://five-questions.tumblr.com/post/49167718410/ryan-estep-who-are-you-and-what-do-you-do-my">five-questions</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29119"><strong>RYAN ESTEP</strong></p> <p><strong id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29118">Who are you and what do you do?</strong></p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29129">My name is Ryan Estep, I am from a small town in Michigan and currently live and work in Brooklyn.</p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29130"><strong>Who/what inspires you?</strong></p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29131">Proper things used improperly.</p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29132"><strong>What themes do you pursue?</strong></p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29133">Labor, Gender, Value and economies of various species. </p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29134"><strong>Why art?</strong></p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29135">For me, nothing can settle as provocatively between narrative and fact as well as art. </p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29136"><strong>Name some artists you would like to be compared to.</strong></p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29137">Joseph Beuys, On Kawara, Roni Horn, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cornelia Parker, Gabriel Orozco</p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29138"><a href="http://ryanestep.com/"><a href="http://ryanestep.com/">http://ryanestep.com/</a></a></p> <p id="yui_3_7_3_1_1367224357631_29139"><a href="http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/"><a href="http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/">http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/</a></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.five-questions.net">five-questions.net</a></p> </blockquote>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/49169539204http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/49169539204Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:59:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4567b82816bb63e0e2581a21d8efc442/tumblr_mlzn7kqSJV1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cleaned sponge. Spandex. 2013</p> <p>Ryan Estep</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/49132773006http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/49132773006Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:14:08 -0400ryan estep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4079049d10f7c80acbe723946c5be7b5/tumblr_mlzn6qGgkH1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fbf499202c544c00835521084bfd98e6/tumblr_mlzn6qGgkH1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1a84c755a6e708770c5653674c3f197/tumblr_mlzn6qGgkH1qgnhfpo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Dirt applied to canvas, white pigment overlay. Dirt cleaned.</p> <p>Ryan Estep</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/49132739304http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/49132739304Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:13:00 -0400ryan estep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c3639750e9a528d25ef3f716d94db18/tumblr_mlow0u7Qv11qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb4e67486668dedd71d636ed851ac35f/tumblr_mlow0u7Qv11qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Pigment placed on canvas and then swept with a hand broom.</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/48670444589http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/48670444589Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:50:54 -0400ryan estep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebdfa6eb7d3360d2cde058e1c6bdea67/tumblr_mlovzraoMQ1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d040f8cb3028422aa790cacf11d1aba1/tumblr_mlovzraoMQ1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Gallery wall paint on canvas overtop - Graphite and drywall mud.</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/48670401336http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/48670401336Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:50:15 -0400ryan estep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e70c27a712f4d25b70fd7cb83c4d1663/tumblr_mld5hxHvWb1qgnhnao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://j-sanders.tumblr.com/post/48138532134/go-see-the-richard-serra-early-work-show-at-david">j-sanders</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Go see the Richard Serra Early Work show at David Zwirner right now.</p> </blockquote>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/48140581880http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/48140581880Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:12:49 -0400<a href="http://sardinebk.tumblr.com/post/47638423163/janine-polak-shoulder-touch">SARDINE: Janine Polak - Shoulder Touch</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sardinebk.tumblr.com/post/47638423163/janine-polak-shoulder-touch">sardinebk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="normal-line page-width"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/b5154446050c8eab1e5f565a0800644c/tumblr_inline_ml21k1aJDQ1r0b8n0.jpg"/></span></span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="normal-line page-width">Sardine is pleased to present “Shoulder Touch” by Janine Polak. The exhibition opens Saturday, April 13 from 6 to 9 pm and will be up through May 12. <br/><br/>This group of sculptures speaks to indefinable moments. In the way that a touch on the shoulder could be unexpectedly engaging or…</span></span></p> </blockquote>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/47647918545http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/47647918545Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:49:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dcda888a718e990901207b4172a41878/tumblr_mkjef9B0Ge1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f8d6bb757d3ce5cc2f4f578d5ef837c5/tumblr_mkjef9B0Ge1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cc06e4d20c76af1982f5b980b426151b/tumblr_mkjef9B0Ge1qgnhfpo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Dirt applied to canvas. Pigment layered overtop. Dirt wiped clean. </p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/46773891760http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/46773891760Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:09:09 -0400Ryanestep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/099b59cd4aa3657af9096f93d970022d/tumblr_mj1k00dXmW1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/865a6438593b1d7e17879fe2da2bee1c/tumblr_mj1k00dXmW1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1eb3e7e79cf9af9af22541114420a86a/tumblr_mj1k00dXmW1qgnhfpo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5608dcf608eeafc394af2f9263beecf3/tumblr_mj1k00dXmW1qgnhfpo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>studio rag stretched over the architecture of a book</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/44376370458http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/44376370458Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:19:12 -0500ryanestep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e86d22a9ddd0d646b99d408c8a9dfc76/tumblr_miupxj2GhB1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a3e3834e749eb81483014ef618e37982/tumblr_miupxj2GhB1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>2 stretched forms hidden under two larger un-supported forms</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/44096214289http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/44096214289Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:44:07 -0500ryanestep<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e68522e1581801d5b5cb3b501c4e06a4/tumblr_misz6vDZTk1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/531a5d11816585e3dbb2d7c65d53572c/tumblr_misz6vDZTk1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>applied dirt to canvas. Silkscreened lidocaine paste and pigment overtop. Cleaned dirt underneath.</p> <p>2013</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/44024521257http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/44024521257Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:08:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/47cafe5efeebee2310a57c4dee4e17e6/tumblr_miramqjoFm1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>equal parts white oil paint and mechanical lubricant</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43954259758http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43954259758Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:20:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b0bb359e88a45cda043acc683bc5421c/tumblr_miralvrNkq1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43954212104http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43954212104Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:20:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9020abe8ff828a7eb8b0411c0e165d9/tumblr_miralftiix1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/735959dec6109d9a6363f697fcc76846/tumblr_miralftiix1qgnhfpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>disinfected dirt</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43954189008http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43954189008Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:20:03 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/77d5ac3ea7bd4c5d94ddb29e43d24dbd/tumblr_mir9ijEK7h1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952139873http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952139873Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:56:43 -0500ryanestep<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b85a65fab46e0fc06ba7b9c2d519249/tumblr_mir9i67etz1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952120644http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952120644Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:56:30 -0500ryanestep<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b3ae3817e6ace083b8396cb661aab25/tumblr_mir9hn0wu01qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>lidocaine infused paste and black pigment</p>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952094072http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952094072Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:56:00 -0500ryanestep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e58b93cb70167ca82d503db96bdfaa2/tumblr_mir9hbZr2Z1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952075855http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952075855Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:55:59 -0500ryanestep<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2fe2a8acf5fb2829eafa9664653c649/tumblr_mir9gm3PYB1qgnhfpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952040603http://ryanestep.tumblr.com/post/43952040603Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:55:34 -0500ryanestep