Untitled 1 2004

MCGEE, Barry

Registration number

1749753

Artist/maker

MCGEE, Barry

Title

Untitled 1

Production date

2004

Medium

synthetic polymer paint on board

Dimensions (H x W x D)

45 x 60 cm

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Courtesy of the artist

Keywords

Barry McGee, faces, Kaldor Public Art Project, Meat Market, 2004, street art, illustration

Summary

Barry McGee is an American painter and installation artist who began his career tagging and graffitiing public places before he shifted his practice into the gallery.

This untitled painting features one of McGee's signature droop-faced figures. It was created as a part of the Kaldor Public Art Project 14 in 2004, for which McGee transformed the vast space of the then newly converted Meat Market, in North Melbourne, into a dystopian urban vista.