Veronica Ryan: Along a Spectrum
Kathryn Lloyd, Burlington Contemporary
August 2021
The artistic practice of Veronica Ryan (b.1956) is one marked by devastation. In 1995, after centuries of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat erupted and never stopped. Plymouth, the island’s capital and the town of Ryan’s birth, was buried in volcanic ash and debris. Nearly ten years later, in 2004, a fire broke out at an industrial estate in east London. The flames ripped through factory units, eventually reaching a warehouse owned by the art storage company Momart. Here, along with many other works of art, a significant number of Ryan’s early sculptures were destroyed. […]