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An illustration of three black silhouettes of people wearing hats, walking in a line against a green background. They appear to merge into one another, sharing a single, oversized white guitar.

Illustrator Ryan Todd's new show opening this week promises plenty of brilliance

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Date
3 June 2013

Cool London exhibitions are like buses – someone will often be eating fried chicken a few feet away from you. No, wait, they’re like buses because you wait for one and then several come along at once, as proved this week when east London witnesses the unveiling of more great shows than you can shake a tepid bottle of beer at. One of the most anticipated must be Ryan Todd’s new exhibition at Kemistry Gallery, which boasts maybe the best title of 2013 thus far – No Fun Intended.

Of course Ryan is being a scamp and his work is as bold, bright and witty as ever – reflecting a creative at the very top of his game. He also whetted our collective whistle with the charming teaser trailer below – see you there yeah?

No Fun Intended runs June 6 until June 29.

An illustration of six identical figures in dark suits, sitting in a row against a bright pink background. They are all shown in profile, facing right with blank white faces.
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Ryan Todd: Seating

An illustration of a person in a black suit, bowler hat and sunglasses being carried by a smaller figure. The smaller person wears a red top and green shorts against a plain pink background.
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Ryan Todd: On The Shoulders

An illustration of two black silhouettes of people's heads and shoulders, each resting on a white plinth of a different height. The shorter plinth is labelled “Art” and the taller one “High Art”.
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Ryan Todd: High Art

A graphic with a large blue central block sandwiched between two red horizontal bands. The top band contains the word “MIND” and the bottom band contains the word “GAP”, both in white capital letters.
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Ryan Todd: Mind Gap

A graphic illustration on a pink background. The word “PANIC” appears in bold white capitals above a large black button with four holes.
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Ryan Todd: Panic Button

An illustration of three black silhouettes of people wearing hats, walking in a line against a green background. They collectively hold one oversized white guitar that spans across all three figures.
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Ryan Todd: Guitarists

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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