Barry McGee responded by upending several trucks. He then bombed the wreckage with spraypaint and made it the centerpiece of an installation that confronted art collectors with an ersatz urban ...

“Barry McGee lives in San Francisco—he was born there and he lives there,” critic and curator Richard Leydier opens in an essay accompanying the artist’s current solo exhibition, I’m Listening, at ...

The front of the drab gray building has the word “snitch” splattered over it in 20-foot-tall letters, and the entry doors are almost obliterated by red spray paint. But inside the Berkeley Art ...

BOSTON — San Francisco artist Barry McGee has shown in museums and galleries for years, but he's also widely known for his earlier work — on the streets. You can still find remnants of McGee ...

Barry McGee looks like an artist falling, in slow motion, between stools. It’s a compelling spectacle. Suspenseful, too. Above all, you want to know: Is there a hidden trampoline? The San ...

For information, call the San Francisco Art Dealers Association, (415) 278-9818, or the San Francisco Bay Area Gallery Guide, (415) 921-1600. Barry McGee's work is on display at Gallery Paule ...

BERKELEY, California — Recently I went on my first visit to the Berkeley Art Museum to see their Barry McGee show. To be honest, I was mostly indifferent to McGee walking into the show ...

In this disarming strategy we find writ small the dilemma of an artist such as Barry McGee, who has allowed himself to be legitimized for fun and profit - see the Berkeley Art Museum's survey ...

Initially commissioned for the NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) fair, the official release of Beats x Barry McGee was held this morning at Pancake Epidemic, a monthly breakfast meet and greet for ...

But for Bay Area native and street artist Barry McGee, the experience left something to be desired. In fact, in an interview for Art21’s “Extended Play” series ahead of a massive ...

Barry McGee is an American artist and leading figure of the bi-coastal artistic subculture of skateboarders, street artists, and surfers. McGee’s drawings, paintings, and mixed-media installations are ...