Paul J. Ryan

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Born1968
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Occupation
  • Artist
  • Semiotician
  • Researching sketchbooks

Paul J. Ryan (born 1968) is a British artist and semiotician, researching sketchbooks through a drawing practice and theories of signification. His 2009 PhD thesis examined the aesthetics of C. S. Peirce by considering how sketchbooks convey their meaning.[1] His archive is held at Bishopsgate Institute.[2]

Drawings in public collections include:

'Concentrate' (2001),[3] ponders our inability to give our attention to The Holocaust, and is held in The Imperial War Museum.[4] 'Dig' (2000) was acquired by the British Museum Prints and Drawings Department. Collaborations include 'Epstein's Liverpool'[5] for Tate Liverpool with Jeremy Deller'[6] 'Mirror Mirror' was a video performance made with Daniel Baker for The Roma Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2011.[7] Publications include 'Centre for Drawing Notes 1'.[8][9] Curatorial projects include 'What the Folk Say' at Compton Verney, where contemporary artists including Sonia Boyce and Mike Nelson combined folk and fine art.[10]

References

  1. Ryan, Paul Jonathan (2009). Peirce's Semeiotic and the implications for aesthetics in the visual arts : a study of the sketchbook and its positions in the hierarchies of making, collecting and exhibiting (Ph.D. thesis). University of the Arts London.
  2. "Adlib Internet Server 5 | Details". internetserver.bishopsgate.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  3. "Concentrate". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  4. "Concentrate". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  5. The Liverpool of Brian Epstein | WorldCat.org. OCLC 501427831.
  6. The Liverpool of Brian Epstein | WorldCat.org. OCLC 501427831.
  7. "Call the Witness - Mirror Mirror". callthewitness.org.
  8. "iLink". library.tate.org.uk.
  9. Ryan, Paul (2007). What are Feelings For? Centre for Drawing Notes 1 (500 ed.). London : Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts. ISBN 9780948327292.
  10. "What the Folk Say". Compton Verney. Retrieved 2023-10-22.

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