Untitled Blue, 2013

Created by Barry McGee, the Mission School artist renowned for his work merging street art's anarchic aesthetics with the disciplined elegance of gallery fare, these unique pieces enliven oversize, hand-blown liquor flasks with the cantankerous faces of McGee's signature characters.

A hero of graffiti, surfer, and skate-punk subcultures, Barry McGee makes paintings, sculptures, and multimedia installations that have won wide acclaim in the institutional settings of museums and commercial galleries. McGee popularized the use of paint drips and graphic patterns, painting directly on gallery walls, and is seen as a central figure in transitioning impermanent graffiti to fine art. Clustered like the iconic images he saw when visiting Catholic churches in Brazil, McGee's multi-paneled paintings offer handmade empathic illustrations of marginalized characters and a pessimistic view of the urban experience.

McGee was reluctant to participate in traditional art world venues, but since 2004 his work has been seen in settings such as the Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN and the smash hit Art in the Street at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. Due to his popularity, much of his San Francisco street art has been scavenged or stolen. A major mid-career retrospective travelled from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive to ICA Boston from 2012–2013

All our frames are manufactured in the USA, using eco-friendly and sustainably sourced engineered hardwood for durability and a uniform finish that is free of defects. Frames are available in Black or White Satin and Honey Pecan.

All prints are hinged to a conservation quality, acid-free and lignin-free Alpha Cellulose matboard, using an acid-free linen tape. The mat's surface paper is fade and bleed resistant and is attached to a conservation quality foam-core mounting board that will keep the work safe from deterioration over time. Artworks with a deckled or decorative edges will be floated on the matboard, with acrylic spacers to separate the art from the glazing. All mounting is fully reversible, without any potential damage to the art.

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For images up to 30" x 40"

• 1 1/4” wide, 3/4” deep, with a 2 1/2” wide mat.
• We generally leave 1/4” - 1/2” of paper showing around the image, to accommodate signatures and for visual appeal.

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