Artist Barry McGee also known as TWIST in graffiti circles, has been working his way up through the art world so it comes as no surprise that a drawing of his is on sale at Christie’s. The drawing features a bottle label on which a man poops out the letter “G” to begin the word Gannett, below […]
Barry McGee’s current exhibition at Cheim & Read is his first in New York in over eight years. McGee’s colorful graphic compositions command attention and, at times, may even require their own room to be properly presented. The Bay Area artist’s work is informed by various, distinct influences, ranging from the bold visual styles of graffiti to the […]
Art21 made a short video profile of Barry McGee and it includes footage of his street-bombing alter ego TWIST painting trains and other things. The clips of him doing graffiti are not exclusive, but the interview with him is. It was conducted in 2012 during his retrospective exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific […]
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While protests erupted in New York City and nationwide against another grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man, graffiti and street artists headed down south for Miami’s annual artsy clusterfuck. This flock of creative talent descended on the Wynwood neighborhood, where they partied and […]
