Ryan McGinness

Born 1972 in Virginia Beach, USA
Lives and works in New York

Equal parts Pop, Baroque, commercial, and street, Ryan McGinness’s psychedelic paintings merge slick biomorphic abstraction with surrealistic imagery. Trained as a graphic artist, McGinness transfers and subverts the images and techniques of commercial illustration—logos and symbols, silkscreening, hard edges, and vibrant colors—into his boldly graphic yet graceful works. “My paintings are composed of many units of meaning,” he says. “Individual drawings come together to create non-linear narrative mindscapes—random access memories.” McGinness has translated these same concerns across a range of mediums, creating sculptures, projections, and immersive installations of fluorescent light. His recent work Women: Blacklight Paintings & Sculptures (2012) exploded his body of nude figurative studies into an installation of glow-in-the-dark sculptures and exuberant, layered paintings. Of his predilection for neon, McGinness has said: “When I look inward, those are the colors I see.” (ART SY)

Ryan McGinness

Warhol Flower Icons (48inch) #1

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Warhol Flower Icons (24inch) #13

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Warhol Flower Icons (14inch) #117

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Warhol Flower Icons (14inch) #98

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Warhol Flower Icons (14inch) #60

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Warhol Flower Icons (14inch) #58

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Warhol Flower Icons (5inch) #175

Ryan McGinness

Warhol Flower Icons (5inch) #121

Ryan McGinness

Warhol Flower Icons (5inch) #107

Ryan McGinness

Warhol Flower Icons (5inch) #100

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Warhol Flower Icons (5inch) #50

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Warhol Flower Icons (5inch) #20

Ryan McGinness

This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender

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