Friday, September 19, 2008

HOMEWORK #1



Follow the link to view artist Barry McGee's latest exhibition at Ratio 3 in San Francisco. Read the short article and be prepared to answer questions about the images and content of the article.

Barry McGee is a painter/printmaker who found art through skateboarding, surf and graffitti culture on the west coast.

McGee's paintings are very iconic, with central figures dominating abstracted backgrounds of drips, patterns and color fields. He has also painted portraits of street characters on their own empty bottles of liquor, painted flattened spray cans picked up at train yards and painted wrecked vehicles for art shows.

ARTICLE HERE

Complete the following questions/ prompts.

- Describe the latest exhibition by Barry McGee, what art materials does he use? How does he display the work? What types of images does he use?
- Why...
- This is confusing because...
- This reminds me of...
- I wonder if...

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