Splain Me Why, Post Permission and The World of You
Ryan McGinness | New York

Location: 5 Manhattan West, 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001
Works of Art
Ryan McGinness, “Splain Me Why,” 2015, acrylic on canvas, 96 x 96 in. (243.8 cm)
Ryan McGinness, “Post Permission,” 2015, acrylic on canvas, 96 x 96 in. (243.8 cm)
Ryan McGinness, “The World of You,” 2015, acrylic on canvas, 96 x 96 in. (243.8 cm)
About Ryan McGinness
Equal parts Pop, Baroque, commercial, and street, Ryan McGinness’s psychedelic paintings merge slick biomorphic abstraction with surrealistic imagery. Trained as a graphic artist, McGinness transfers and subverts the images and techniques of commercial illustration—logos and symbols, silk-screening, hard edges, and vibrant colors—into his boldly graphic yet graceful works. “My paintings are composed of many units of meaning,” he says. “Individual drawings come together to create non-linear narrative mindscapes—random access memories.” McGinness has translated these same concerns across a range of mediums, creating sculptures, projections, and immersive installations of fluorescent light.