Barry McGee
Barry McGee
Barry McGeeis a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known by monikers such as Ray Fong, Lydia Fong, Bernon Vernon, P.Kin, Ray Virgil, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
art soon
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
created excitement maintain marks means result using
For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.
museums graffiti embrace
The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
art california
I'm really into California art from the '60s.
cities healthy competition
That's immediately how I gauge how healthy a city is-by the amount of tags. It's just in direct competition with advertising. It's still one of the last things that hasn't been corrupted.
art want today
I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. Its the most radical thing.
inspiration cities san-francisco
Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it.
people would-be graffiti
Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
art books car time tons
I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my studio. There are books around me all the time.
art awareness brings closer develop enables expressive freedom helps immediate kids love normally social stimulated
I love graffiti because it enables kids from every social extraction to do something that brings them closer to art, when they normally wouldn't be stimulated to be visually creative. Graffiti helps to develop an awareness of immediate expressive and uncontrolled freedom.
art
I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
art trying turn
I wasn't trying to turn graffiti into an art form. I just wanted to learn about art. I wanted to learn this game.