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Barry McGee — installed dimensions variable
Barry McGee

installed dimensions variable

Barry McGee's chaotic and layered mixed media installation assembles a collision of everyday detritus and street-influenced imagery, blending analog and digital media through mismatched televisions and aging playback devices. Framed photographs behind shattered glass and draped hairnets evoke themes of marginalization, identity, and the fragile veneer of preservation. Rooted in McGee's graffiti and counterculture aesthetic, the work transforms the gallery wall into a raw, accumulative portrait of urban life and discarded humanity.

Medium
mixed media installation including three televisions, one VHS player, one DVD player, one painting, two framed photographs with broken glass, and three hairnets

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Under the Influence

March 8, 2013

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Barry McGee, installed dimensions variable

Barry McGee's chaotic and layered mixed media installation assembles a collision of everyday detritus and street-influenced imagery, blending analog and digital media through mismatched televisions and aging playback devices. Framed photographs behind shattered glass and draped hairnets evoke themes of marginalization, identity, and the fragile veneer of preservation. Rooted in McGee's graffiti and counterculture aesthetic, the work transforms the gallery wall into a raw, accumulative portrait of urban life and discarded humanity.

Medium
mixed media installation including three televisions, one VHS player, one DVD player, one painting, two framed photographs with broken glass, and three hairnets
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Subculture, Assemblage, Street Art, Male Artist, Urban Culture, Mixed Media Installation, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Multimedia, Found Objects

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