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Veronica Ryan review
Whitechapel Galery, London The Turner prize-winner has spent her career exploring organic forms, with often beautiful results – but the most recent work obscures it with what looks remarkably like rubbish
TL;DR
- Veronica Ryan uses organic forms, everyday detritus, and recycled materials in her art.
- Her work symbolizes global trade, exploitation, migration, repair, and healing.
- Ryan won the Turner Prize in 2022 for her artistic achievements.
- The exhibition presents her work in reverse chronological order, starting with recent pieces.
- Her earlier sculptures, combining Caribbean symbols with modernist language, are described as brilliant and beautiful.
- The new works, using materials like plastic bottles, teabags, and bandages, are criticized for relying on explanatory text to convey meaning.
- The exhibition is titled "Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations" and is at Whitechapel Gallery, London.