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Barry McGee | Retrospective | BAMPFA
The Andy Warhol Foundation has granted the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive $100,000 to put on a retrospective of painter, graffer, sculptor and and all-round designer Barry McGee | It will run from August 23rd – December 9th 2012 | McGee, an integral player in Aaron Rose’ Alleged Gallery scene with fellow artists Thomas Campbell, Ed Templeton and his late wife Margaret Kilgallen, made a name for himself in the 1980′s with his Twist tag but his art now falls in more figurative lines – expressive characters and bright graphic patterns | Writer and MoCFA curator Natasha Boas, who interviewed Chris Johanson recently for The Believer, has contributed an essay Partial and Incomplete Oral History of the Mission School to the exhibition catalogue, which will be available during the show | Says McGee: The most compelling art, to me, is a name carved into a tree | www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Barry McGee | Samuel Borkson | A Conversation
Over at Dirty mag, they have an excellent short(ish) interview with artist Barry McGee by Sam Borkson from FriendsWithYou | “What a huge honor to speak with Barry McGee and share his simple way of life to with all of you” | “From the moment I met him, he was a kind, open guy – a good example of a great human being” | “The more we went back and forth, I realized he also has purity, a realness, an honesty that I rarely find today” | You can enjoy the full conversation over at Dirty…
Barry McGee | Art In The Streets Poster
Barry Mcgee (aka Twist) poster | Printed for the Art In The Streets exhibit | Generous funding provided by RVCA | 24″ x 16″ | Nice! | http://mocastore.org
Barry McGee | Untitled
Barry McGee | Untitled, 2010 | Acrylic on wood | 13 elements | 60 x 33.5 inches
Barry McGee | Houston Street Mural | NYC
Barry McGee (aka Twist) has just completed his commission on the Tony Goldman sanctioned art wall | McGee worked with long-time collaborators Chino and Amaze, and the trio follow in the footsteps of Os Gemeos and Shepard Fairey as the third official exhibitors on this specific space | McGee required four hours and a hydraulic lift to complete this massive piece
Brush Strokes Exhibition | An Artistic Exchange b/w Todd James & Lydia Fong | V1 Gallery | Copenhagen
Last week, Copenhagen’s V1 gallery opened the stunning new show ‘Brush Strokes’ | Featuring the work of Todd James aka REAS and the mighty Lydia Fong aka Barry McGee | Barry McGee has filled the gallery with several large scale installations, a text-heavy cluster of new style panels, another of only geometrics and another with framed photos and paper pieces | Todd James has contributed with a new collection of paintings on paper and canvas that continue to explore issues of war and death with his usual dry NYC wit | This is the first collaboration between Todd James and Lydia Fong since they worked together on the travelling exhibition Beautiful Losers | The exhibition will run from July 10th – Septmeber 4th 2010 | V1 Gallery, Flæsketorvet 69, 1711 Copenhagen V, Denmark | www.v1gallery.com
