Barry McGee
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935202855 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Two decades of the graffiti artist's genre-defying work are collected in all their art-for-all glory. (Ryan Porter Flare Magazine)As a teen in the eighties, Barry McGee practiced the outlaw art of graffiti in San Francisco's public spaces; these days, he routinely gets invited to make his mark on museum walls"His cluster aesthetic," says University of California's Berkeley Art Museum's director, Lawrence Rinder, "echoes the experience of the streethe really captures that cacophony of an inner-city American landscape." (Hilarie Sheets W Magazine)
Published on the occasion of the first major survey of Barry McGee’s work, this monumental volume records more than two decades of incredible fecundity, over the course of which McGee has pioneered a new iconography of sharp street vitality and graphic snap. McGee began as a graffiti artist on the streets of San Francisco, working under such tags as Ray Fong, Twist and Twisto, and his work since then has hugely expanded the terms of both street art and contemporary art. Also included are images from the artist’s famous slide lecture, co
Barry McGee (born 1966) began exhibiting his work in the 1980s--not in a museum or gallery setting but on the streets of San Francisco. In 2001 his work was included in the Venice Biennale.. In the early 90s he was closely associated with the Mission School and the San Francisco Bay Area’s graffiti boom
tres said twist aka barry mcgee inspires me.. couldn't make it to his art show, so i got this book. good enough for me. great photos, and enough about him that i want more!. Another great from Barry McGee We have every book, but even this is a must have. If you don't have any of the others, I highly suggest this edition.. Antonio said Incisive. an excellent panorama about Barry McGee. by occasion of a retrospective and huge exhibition at berkeley. strong and insightful book.