
Don't Snake Me Bro
2019
In "Don't Snake Me Bro," Ryan Travis Christian deploys his signature cast of feral, cartoonish characters across a generously scaled screenprint, rendered in seven colors on a weighty Coventry Rag 290 gsm substrate. The work channels the raw energy of underground comics, lowbrow art, and classic tattoo flash, folding together crude humor and genuine graphic sophistication in a way that feels both irreverent and carefully considered. The title itself, a slang-inflected plea pulled straight from street vernacular, sets the tone for an image that finds absurdist comedy lurking just beneath the surface of an otherwise tightly controlled compositional logic. Christian, who came up through Chicago's art scene and counts skateboarding culture and outsider printmaking among his reference points, has built a body of work grounded in the idea that vulgarity and elegance are not mutually exclusive. This screenprint exemplifies that sensibility, with each of the seven colors working to build depth and tactile presence across the paper's substantial tooth. The Coventry Rag ground gives the ink a richness that lesser substrates cannot match, and the result is a print that rewards close inspection as much as it commands attention from across a room. Offered in an edition of 100, hand-signed and numbered by the artist, the work represents a practical entry point into Christian's print practice without sacrificing the intimacy that his multiples are known for. At 55.9 by 91.4 centimeters, the piece carries genuine physical weight on a wall, and its condition as an unframed work gives the collector full latitude to present it according to their own aesthetic sensibility.
- Medium
- 7 color screenprint on coventry rag 290 gsm , signed and numbered
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
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- Gallery · POP Fine Art Gallery Auction
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