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Barry (Twist) McGee

Barry (Twist) McGee (Born 1966) is active/lives in California.  Barry McGee is 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 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".

His trademark icon, a caricatured male figure with sagging eyes and a bemused expression, recalls the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9846 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Barry (Twist) McGee

   Barry (Twist) McGee  Born:  1966 - San Francisco, California
Known for:  Installation, graffiti art, low-life figure
Name variants:  Twist

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 signa  ...  Displaying 750 of 9846 characters.

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