Ryan Trecartin

The first monograph on one of the most important young video artists working today. In just a few short years since the debut of his first video A Family Finds Entertainment, Ryan Trecartin has kept the art world rapt by redefining video art. Born of the Internet age, his work explores worlds where consumer culture is amplified to absurd proportions and characters strive to find meaning in their lives. The combination of assaultive avant-garde logics and equally outlandish, virtuoso uses of color, form, drama, and montage produces a sublime, stream-of-consciousness effect that feels bewilderingly true to life. This volume, published on the occasion of the global museum tour of his epic second feature-length project, Any Ever, chronicles the entirety of this artist’s important career to date.