Ryan McGinness
Ryan McGinness is another link that’s been sitting in my drafts section for absolutely ages. I had seen some of his work on the internet a few years ago and had taken note. More recently, I watched a fantastic piece about him on the excellent The Run Up DVD. His screen prints are fantastic (with their icon based content) and his technique shown on the DVD is really interesting. After seeing the DVD feature I rushed out to get his Installationview book and it’s not been far away from me for months. It’s packed with examples of his prints and gallery installations. The only negative thing I can say about it is that the true beauty of his work can only really be seen in the close up images (of which are out numbered by images of the full pieces) in Installationview. The imperfections and nuances are what change his pieces from looking like computer images to being unique works of art.