The Inborn Absolute

The Artwork of Robert Ryan

By: Robert Ryan (Artist), Andrew Berardini (Introduction by)

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Paperback | 21 June 2022

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This monograph delves into the career of celebrated artist Robert Ryan. 
From his early roots as a musician and painter, he discovered tattooing 
and quickly became one of the preeminent artists in that realm. His work
 reveals a deep mastery of the American tattooing tradition while 
creating a mystical and fantastic world full of unique takes on Eastern 
religious iconography. The book covers two decades of stunning paintings
 & tattoos, interviews with art and music luminaries about his work 
and subject matter, detailing Ryan's personal journey and progression as
 an artist.

Industry Reviews

"In his pictures, written on paper and skin, Ryan gathers the traditions drawn from a thousand sailors' visions of Eastern temples and steeped in the practice of a thousand tattooers before him, from all of us searchers' quest for meaning across a continent. From beneath the surface of America, from beneath the surface of reality, Ryan mines mystic possibility and gives these traditions new life and new power." - Andrew Berardini
"The Inborn Absolute is a window, an adventure, into Robert's life that would otherwise take years of knowing one to experience." - Freddy Corbin
"The visionary art of Robert Ryan has the sincerity, urgency, and directness of great folk art. His inherent humility allows him to act as a conduit for images that convey the power of the unseen world directly and clearly, without resort to pretension or artifice that would dilute the authenticity of their spiritual source. Something real is happening here." - Scott Harrison

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