Walrus TV Artist Feature: Ryan McGinness from "The Run Up"

There is a constant dialogue between me and the surfaces.
Ryan McGinness is interested in creating a new vocabulary for everyday symbols and icons through context and composition. Using layering, repetition, and juxtaposition, his complex pieces construct worlds within worlds. With his massively intricate silk-screened paintings, sculptures, and installations, hes able to blur the division between design, pop culture, and fine art. Ryan McGinnesss artwork has appeared in numerous books, magazines, and exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Watch the interview from The Run Up, available for the first time to the public for free, on Walrus TV.

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[Cre8iveSignWorks]

the overall finished artwork is good but i dont think hes hand cutting the icons, swashes and swirls, etc. infact id be very surprised if they all werent designed and cut on computer which leaves the only thing done by hand to be the pouring on of the ink and the swipe of the squeegee. if this is to be the case, somehow the ''art is taken away from the art'' for me, sorry!

[electriczombie17]

inspired. Going to paint right now. peace

[unguent]

boring, simple, not infinity. boring, actually really boring 'vocabulary'

[unguent]

boring, simple, not infinity. boring

[SpewMonkii]

Why is it that people think that there has to be a hand involved for it to be "art" more importantly than the hand is the mind and that is what is being used to create these images. Would it be any different if he meticulously hand painted all these symbols, it would still be the same image, why would it matter?

[Nikkoartchannel]

@Cre8iveSignWorks - All of the icons, and other graphic elements begin as hand drawn sketches. Then a more refined final drawing is scanned into the computer and then drawn over again to make it as clean and refined as possible. Those final digital versions are then used to make camera ready artwork with which to make individual silk screens. Yes, it's true that none of the surfaces have hand painted elements, the heavy labor is in the actual creation of the individual original images.

[stevo8782]

my favorite part is where he's eating. :) this guy's good

[henrimoufettal]

On symbols, maybe ar away from babylonian mess up of languages. direct simple symbols. it gives birth to another complexity which is making its way to arts. What do you need to understand one object? simple and basic, or simple and accurate, or complex and to be explained, one figure, one symbol, different colours. entering ignored fields makes it all beautifully creative and eatably interesting. yes interesting and profilic. miam.