Barry McGee
Untitled, 2020

triptych, mixed media on found canvas
15”H x 37” OAW

ARTWORK STATEMENT:

Artist lives and works in SF.

Artist Bio:

A revered figure in the West Coast graffiti subculture typically associated with the skater and surfer communities, Barry McGee makes drawings, paintings, and mixed-media installations inspired by urban culture that incorporate elements such as empty liquor bottles and spray-paint cans, tagged signs, wrenches, and scrap wood or metal. McGee is also a graffiti artist, having produced work on the streets since the 1980s under the tag name “Twist”; his signature motif is the face of a man with sagging, tired eyes, rendered in an efficient linear style. McGee and his wife, artist Margaret Kilgallen, were featured in the film Beautiful Losers, a 2008 documentary about street art and the DIY aesthetic.