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Renovatio Imperii - I Adam Ryder
$1,200
In his new series, Adam looks to the essential forms of mid-20th century architecture and the color palettes of psychedelic cinema to inform his compositions.
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[After 1453], exiled by the ascendant Ottoman Empire, the Eastern Roman intelligentsia dispersed throughout Western Europe...Over the next century, [they] re-established contact with one another and formed a fraternal order whose charter committed them to upholding the ideals and values of the ancient Empire. A pseudo-religious reverence emerged among the group for the 6th-century Byzantine emperor Justinian...[T]he order took Justinian's famed military campaign, Renovatio Imperii (restoration of the empire) as their namesake...By the 18th century, the order had a firm, if covert, grip on the British Empire. After fomenting revolution in New England, they seized the opportunity to influence the shape and scope of the ascendant United States of America. [These] photographs...offer a rare glimpse within the structures that house various components of the Renovatio Imperii network as it exists in the nation's capitol.
About the Artist
Adam Ryder is an artist who focuses his photo-based practice on the built environment, urbanism, and infrastructure.
News and
Notables
- Exhibited at Gulf & Western Gallery, 2019
- Photo District News Annual Award Winner, 2017
- Hamiltonian Gallery Fellow, 2014
