Adressing the failures of technology is a fair premise for creating art work, especially in the technology dependent society that we are a part of. It is on this premise that we find the work of painter and printmaker, Ryan McIntosh. The overall driving theme in McIntosh’ work is the failure of technology and it’s impact on human life and art. He addresses these issues in many mediums including sculpture and digital media, but it can also be found in the form of street art as wheat pastings and stickers.

While there is a lot to talk about in his body of work, the safety card images are the most striking. The series depicts airplane disasters which he paints from appropiated airplane safety manual imagery. “The safety card images are the most simple, plasticized pictograms of the most basic and urgent form of visual communication. With no language barrier present in the images, they are universally understandable by all. These images and photographic paintings hold a mirror up the time and culture in which they were produced.” McIntosh explains.

To see more of Ryan’s work you can go to his website at www.ryanmcintosh.net. Currently, you can find Ryan’s work at the Inflate/Deflate group exhibition at Studio 304 in Providence, Rhode Island. Also, stay tuned for an interview with the artist in the near future.

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