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Exclusive to Art Republic, 'Space Cadet - Helios' is a hand-painted vinyl sculpture from street-art icon RYCA. With three points of articulation, each of these charming sculptures is accompanied by a specially designed backing card featuring a hand-drawn sketch by the artist. Part of a much sought-after series, this limited-edition piece will add an element of cool to any home and is sure to delight art lovers of all ages.
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RYCA, AKA Ryan Callanan, is a renowned contemporary artist who creates work in the ‘Poptarian’ style, combining elements of street art, popular culture and current affairs. Working across multiple media, RYCA presents refreshing, witty, accessible compositions that feature playful jokes, political references and iconic graffiti motifs.
Among many other things, RYCA is famed for reinterpreting the smiley, emblematic of the 1980s acid-house scene, across a variety of editions. He has since expanded his art into a range of other media and forms, including his unique take on sculpture, all of which bear the hallmarks of his irreverent style and humour.
Part of a limited edition of just 12, ‘Space Cadet – Helios’ is presented in the style of a toy, but will appeal to all generations thanks to the presence of some classic RYCA motifs and elements of street-art design. Each piece in the series is signed and numbered by the artist and comes complete with a hand-drawn sketch.
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Hand-painted vinyl sculpture
Size: Signed and numbered by the artist
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Each sculpture comes in its own resealable packaging complete with removable backing card.
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Ryan Callanan, who works in the street scene under the alias of RYCA, is a contemporary artist whose ‘Poptarian’ style combines Street Art, popular culture, and current affairs. Ryan Callanan’s art features playful jokes and political references in refreshing and accessible compositions.
Ryan Callanan, who works in the street scene under the alias of RYCA, is a contemporary artist whose ‘Poptarian’ style combines Street Art, popular culture, and current affairs. Ryan Callanan’s art features playful jokes and political references in refreshing and accessible compositions.
Callanan is a master of experimentation with a signature street style encompassing emojis and pop culture references. He studied Modelmaking at Barking College, Dagenham, before he rose to fame in the street scene and chose his moniker RYCA after producing his first set of 3D smiley faces, emblematic of the 1980s Acid Rave culture. Since then, he has experimented with various processes and different materials, ensuring that his art is constantly developing, and he has perfected the art of adding wit and spirit into his artworks. In 2003, Callanan started working at a sign company, and he now creates pub signs that imitate the Victorian sign aesthetic and are made from glass, resin, gold, and paint. His signs draw on popular quotes and sayings, colloquial and swear words, and song lyrics. His collection of expletive insertions, in which an expletive is inserted into a word, has become a symbol of Ryan’s playful diving into British popular culture. His experimentation with lyrics has resulted in highly collectible editions amongst musicians, music producers, and writers.
