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Born 1966 San Francisco, California. Known for: Installation, graffiti art, low-life figure.
Barry McGee, also known as Twist, was born 1966 in San Francisco, where he currently resides (2004) and has attained cult hero status amongst a "bi-coastal subculture that comprises skaters, graffiti... Read full biography
Barry McGee, also known as Twist, was born 1966 in San Francisco, where he currently resides (2004) and has attained cult hero status amongst a "bi-coastal subculture that comprises skaters, graffiti artists, and West Coast surfers." Inspired by street life, graffiti, punk and hard-core music, and... Read full biography
Barry McGee, also known as Twist, was born 1966 in San Francisco, where he currently resides (2004) and has attained cult hero status amongst a "bi-coastal subculture that comprises skaters, graffiti artists, and West Coast surfers." Inspired by street life, graffiti, punk and hard-core music, and the culture of tramps, hobos, and transients, "McGee makes art that evokes traces of human presence." . A "New York Times" review of his summer 2004 exhibition at the Rose Museum in Waltham,... Read full biography
Barry McGee, also known as Twist, was born 1966 in San Francisco, where he currently resides (2004) and has attained cult hero status amongst a "bi-coastal subculture that comprises skaters, graffiti artists, and West Coast surfers." Inspired by street life, graffiti, punk and hard-core music, and the culture of tramps, hobos, and transients, "McGee makes art that evokes traces of human presence." . A "New York Times" review of his summer 2004 exhibition at the Rose Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts had this description by Tessa De Carlo: "It's an expansive, noisy installation that includes a five-foot tower of 49 chattering television sets; kinetic sculptures; clusters of framed drawings and painted bottles featuring Mr. McGee's signature... Read full biography
Barry McGee, also known as Twist, was born 1966 in San Francisco, where he currently resides (2004) and has attained cult hero status amongst a "bi-coastal subculture that comprises skaters, graffiti artists, and West Coast surfers." Inspired by street life, graffiti, punk and hard-core music, and the culture of tramps, hobos, and transients, "McGee makes art that evokes traces of human presence." . A "New York Times" review of his summer 2004 exhibition at the Rose Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts had this description by Tessa De Carlo: "It's an expansive, noisy installation that includes a five-foot tower of 49 chattering television sets; kinetic sculptures; clusters of framed drawings and painted bottles featuring Mr. McGee's signature cartoons of grizzled, sad-eyed man; and a smoking Ford Econoline van dropped upside down in a dumpster outside the museum's front door". H... Read full biography
Barry (Twist) McGee - Artist Info
About Barry (Twist) McGee: Keywords
Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Conceptual
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Graffiti Street Art Tagger, Urban Art
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Kinetic Energy
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Spray Can, Spray Gun Painting, Aerosol
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Contemporary Realism
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Social Realism
Art School
- •San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
- •Street Artist
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Art Movement
- •Mission School, New Folk or Urban Rustic Art Movement