Veronica Ryan, Crucible, mid-1990s/2023, bronze, garden net, clay, 8 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 10 in. (22.2 x 38.7 x 25.4 cm). © Veronica Ryan. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Steven Probert
Veronica Ryan: Unruly Objects, co-organized with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, presents over 100 sculptures, textiles, and works on paper by the Montserrat-born British artist.
Based in New York since the 1990s and traveling often to the UK, Ryan’s work is influenced by transatlantic exchanges. She creates a network of connections that bring together personal and global histories of travel and migration as well as narratives of healing, nurturing, and belonging. The exhibition also highlights her frequent return to past works and ideas in pursuit of new conversations. Through this continuous reshaping, she asks us to consider life itself as a process of constant growth, navigation, and change.