Barry McGee. [English Edition]
Germano Celant
Fondazione Prada
Milano, Fondazione Prada, 11 April - 9 June, 2002.
English Text.
Milano, 2002; paperback, pp. 304, b/w and col. ill., cm 15x24.
ISBN: 88-87029-21-0 - EAN13: 9788887029215
Subject: Essays (Art or Architecture),Graphic Arts (Prints, Drawings, Engravings, Miniatures),Monographs (Painting and Drawing),Photography
Period: 1960- Contemporary Period
Places: No Place
Languages:
Weight: 0.92 kg
This is a world rich in signs and symbols that contain references to life in today?s cities and are linked to images of American culture ? such as the large, enigmatic figure of a Native American painted upside down on a wall made of rusty iron sheets. As in the aftermath of a road accident, two abandoned vehicles invade the space. On their bodies the artist has painted his familiar faces, which, with their sad eyes, are a reminder of bowed, resigned humanity. ?The presence of this male figure is kind of like this everyman, and it?s very specific to San Francisco, where there?s a huge homeless population that everyone wants to be free of [?]. The subject is to do with graffiti and the homeless? kind of like an outcast, things that the city is trying to get rid of, or trying to hide, or pretending doesn?t exist.?*