Slide #1
Just how dedicated were Mark Ryden's fans that were present last night to show support for his book release? Numbered and signed by the artist, the sophisticated crowd cleared the store's entire stock of all 50 of these leather-bound special Art Edition tomes well worth their whopping $6,000 a pop price tag. After all, each page was carefully printed on handmade paper from Bhutan, meticulously dyed and aged, and then enclosed in a clam shell box for safe keeping. Flutes of champagne were served by ladies dressed as cute corpses in the dimly lit boutique while a DJ spun music from a mysterious spot somewhere above the crowd.