Interior spreads, Friend Friend by Bryce Wymer

What was the inspiration behind the project?

Bryce Wymer: The inspiration behind the Friend Friend book was to create a small portable gallery show of some of my recent drawings and paintings as diptychs. I have always been fascinated with Duchamp’s ‘Boîte-en-Valise’, a small portable collection of some of his works. I loved the idea of a portable affordable experience.

The book is purely visual, was it important the reader interprets their own narrative?

BW: Yes it was. I often begin any new project with a pretty distinct narrative that I’m going to work through and the artwork within Friend Friend is no different. In the beginning I had titles on each page, and I pulled them out right before it went to my printers. I have recently been really enthralled in the way that people project their own experience into some of my works. Most of my personal works are based around the human condition and I have found that sometimes when I let the work breath my original narratives evolve and expand through the collective experience.

Do the visuals mean specific things to you?

BW: Every piece has a specific meaning to me and what I really wanted to do is create multiple diptychs that represented various emotions and tensions visually with each other. The title itself stemmed from my fascination with how we seek out and embrace weakness and strengths in other to complete ourselves.

Friend Friend, by Bryce Wymer

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The finish is beautiful with some bespoke touches, talk us through the processes used to create the printed piece?

BW: This is the third art book I have created with my risograph printer at Risolve Studio, and I’m continually fascinated by the results. There is a real tactile quality to each book, and each has its own small imperfections. I think when anyone makes multiples of anything they really have to ask themselves why they are doing so. If the goal is to make money, it would make sense to have uniformity across the production. But if the idea is to make an affordable unique artistic object for as many individuals as possible it makes sense to try and embrace the bespoke aspects.

Some would say there’s a greater uptake of printed items at the moment. Would you agree?

BW: I personally feel that sometimes when art and culture is visualised digitally it can lack a sense of permanence. It can feel fleeting or immediately outdated. Physical objects tend to really document a time and place and command a more engaged interaction with the viewer.

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About Bryce Wymer

Bryce creates surreal and dream-like works in the form of painted and mixed media illustrations as well as murals and installations. Clients include Airbnb, Harry’s and the New York Times, and his extensive personal works have been exhibited in galleries around the world.

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