Barry Mcgee, Untitled Installation of 13 Drawings, Ink and Gouache, 1997

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Barry Mcgee, Untitled Installation of 13 Drawings, Ink and Gouache, 1997

About the Item

Barry McGee (1966, San Francisco), untitled, 1997. Drawing installation of 13 small drawings in pencil, ink, gouache and felt-tip pen on paper. Each drawing: Approximately 20 x 15 cm, total size 100 x 190 cm. Images of all the 13 artworks in the installation are available upon request. This work of art is part of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Art collection. This work is bought at Galerie Tanya Rumpff in Haarlem, The Netherlands in 1997. A selection of important contemporary paintings, watercolors and photographs of this collection are currently available worldwide through 1stdibs. Take a look at the Kunstconsult account to see the other works of art for sale. Life in the big city. Although he studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, Barry McGee remains true to his origins as a graffiti artist. Several years ago, under the alias ‘Twist’, he spray painted his graffiti art in the streets of his native San Francisco. Nowadays, he creates similar works under commission or for exhibitions using only red, white and black. His detailed painting style developed at the art institute displays elements of realism. This differs from the traditional style of modern graffiti artists, who often just paint the letters of their ‘tag’ or make wildly expressive or cartoon like pieces. McGee’s work shows the strong affinity he has with this art form. The drawing installation shows the artist’s cartoon-like figures, influenced by his experience of life in the streets. ‘My imagery deals with urban ills,’ Barry McGee once said when describing his work. The themes he explores in his drawings - addiction, violence, ethnic tensions, aggression and indifference may be coarse and unrefined, but his artwork is quite the opposite. The thirteen drawings offered here were created on old, fragile fragments of paper. The importance the artist places on facial expressions is represented by the sensitive and detailed way in which they are drawn. The emotions displayed, ranging from indifference to despair, represent the emotive extremes associated with the life in the big city.

Creator:
Barry Mcgee (Painter)
Dimensions:
Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 5.91 in (15 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 13
Style:
Post-Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper,Painted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1990-1999
Date of Manufacture:
1997
Condition:
Seller Location:
Amstelveen, NL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU99176474663