ryan decker

Thank you to all who came by my opening last Thursday! I feel immense gratitude towards the warm reception it has received - a massive relief after months of labor and countless revisions along the rocky transition away from functionality and into something more personal and sincere. A heartfelt letter to an adolescence split between the wilderness of the Appalachian Mountains and the wild west of the early internet, two forms of escapism that had a stranglehold on me and my understanding of the world. I hope the absurdity of this combination permeates each and every material, rushing out to fill the gallery and all who step foot inside. Thank you @broooohaha and @nueon for your patience and endless support. This show benefitted tremendously from your honesty and thoughtful feedback. Thank you to @pioneerworks and all who came by my studio to witness these works in progress (and the many more that were abandoned). Thank you Filip of @studio_speculo for CNC programming and @webbhunt @matthew.uebbing.studio @wakeupkobe and @harris.rosenblum for your incredibly generous time spent sanding these pesky critters. Killer photos by @kunninng ᴇꜱᴄᴀʟᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀʟᴏᴏᴋ is up until May 26th

non magic eye images of my two new lamps from @alcova.milano thank you to everyone who came by and provided such a warm reception for me and my lamp's first time in Europe! what an honor it is to get to travel for my work to such beautiful civilized places after so many years toiling away in the muck and filth of my American backyard. all of these crisp photos were taken by the talented and generous @dd_ng , who was showing right next to me at Alcova till next time! ciao!

objects you've already seen but now on a white background courtesy of @cor.zo

Last days to see my trojan horse @ftw_geneva PLA, plaster, latex, resin, aluminum, fiberglass thank you @bilichristian @arthistoryforartists for bringing me out and @tinzs @ja_ak_rtgr @k8howl for emergency photo help

Animation for @wearebraindead and @adidasoriginals Stan Smiths collab Directed by me Animation and Music by @spish.tv See them in store with my furniture at 21 Spring St through Sunday the 15th

This work and two other oldies will be on display at @objects_usa opening tonight 6-8:30 at @randcompanynyc Hope to see you there! "Comfort Station" cast aluminum, resin, nylon webbing

Posters for @wearebraindead @adidas collab. Very fun project that for one reason or another has attracted the scorn of vocal AI haters. I want to clarify that absolutely nothing here was AI generated, not that it ought to make a difference if it were. There is a new base line skepticism towards digital images, especially 3D rendered ones (which have historically had their craft dismissed or ignored) that makes it nearly impossible to engage with an image on its own merits. What's left behind once all aesthetics and labor are ignored for algorithmic daydreaming is pure content which, in this case, is an ad to sell shoes. Maybe AI skepticism has finally allowed people to put on their They Live glasses....

Final day today! I will be in the gallery for a good chunk, come say hi. Pictured: Leaky Bladder Fiberglass, Resin, Cherry, Aluminum @blade_study

It is the last weekend of ESCALATOR TO THE OVERLOOK! My show closes on Sunday, May 26th. "Remote Access Viewer" Ash, PLA, 3D Printed Resin, Fiberglass, Acrylic, Glass

real v render (which is which??) One week left of ESCALATOR TO THE OVERLOOK! I'll be here until 6pm today and next Sunday, May 26th, for its final day. Please come say hello

A bed in the Back of Beyond Epoxy clay, cherry, fiberglass, stainless steel Escalator to the Overlook is on view until May 26th @blade_study

Cast glass and carved cherry "spirit stove" with lost-pla cast aluminum pinecone-cladded propane tank, pressure regulator, burner, knob, and hand bent aluminum stove grate. From my show "Escalator to the Overlook" at @blade_study Open every Thur-Sun until May 26th Photos by @kunninng