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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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
March 8, 2013
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