Ryan McGinness
RYAN MCGINNESS’ work consists of an amalgam of icons and symbols. Drawing from his background in the design industry, McGinness’ work resolves the clinical graphic aesthetics of media as vast, contemplative fields of intimate meditation. It incorporates strong social commentary on iconography, language, and historical and contemporary symbolism.
“I’m trying to communicate complex and poetic concepts with a cold, graphic, and authoritative visual vocabulary. I concentrate on shape, line, color, and composition to communicate within simplified picture planes. As such, the work resides somewhere between abstraction and representation.”
Ryan McGinness’ recent body of work has been his Women series. Based on figure drawings from life models, McGinness’ Women series captures the essence of beauty in its simplicity of form. He explains, “Two parallel desires drive these new Women drawings: My desire to simplify and iconify the underlying visually logical geometries inherent in my figure drawings in order to better understand my subject matter; and my desire to embrace and capture the purely aesthetic experience of graceful curves and sensual forms inherent in my models.”
His graphic drawings and personal iconography are replicated, decontextualized, and materialized infinitely throughout his densely layered paintings. His works are in the permanent public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Cincinnati Art Museum, MUSAC in Spain, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Misumi Collection in Japan.
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Quint Popup in Los Angeles
7 - 19 Feb 2023This month, Quint Gallery is heading to Los Angeles. From February 7-19, we're popping up at the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, exhibiting a selection of paintings, drawings,...Read more -
BOUNTEOUS | A Group Exhibition
26 Mar - 21 May 2022 Quint Gallery | 7655 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, LA JOLLA | 7722 GirardBOUNTEOUS, a group show, will take over both La Jolla locations (7655/7722 Girard Avenue) from March 26 through May 21. The exhibition will be a vibrant conversation between many of...Read more -
Ryan McGinness | Pedaling in Sauerkraut
13 Nov 2020 - 5 Jan 2021 LA JOLLA | 7722 GirardONE presents Pedaling in Sauerkraut, a new painting by New York-based artist Ryan McGinness. A translation of a French idiom that means “spinning one’s wheels,” this triptych is from McGinness’...Read more -
Group Exhibition
21 Sep - 23 Nov 2019 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeADAM BELT KELSEY BROOKES GENE DAVIS TOM DRISCOLL MANNY FARBER SPENCER FINCH THOMAS GLASSFORD KRISTJÁN GUDMUNDSSON GARY LANG JEAN LOWE KIM MACCONNEL RYAN MCGINNESS HELEN PASHGIANRead more -
Distant Light
A Group Exhibition of Black and White Work 7 Apr - 19 May 2018 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeAndrew Alcasid Michael James Armstrong Barry Bell Adam Belt Kelsey Brookes Gisela Colón Stephen P. Curry Kenneth Capps Mara De Luca Roman De Salvo Thomas Demello Peter Dreher Tom Driscoll...Read more -
Ryan McGinness | Ocular Evidence
11 Nov 2017 - 3 Feb 2018 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeSpeaking of his paintings in the New York Times , McGinness said, “They use the visual language of universal sign systems and therefore give the illusion that they are communicating...Read more -
Ryan McGinness | Community Identity Stability
Quint Contemporary Art: 7547 Girard Avenue 8 Nov - 31 Dec 2014Quint Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of RYAN MCGINNESS: COMMUNITY IDENTITY STABILITY , which will feature ten new paintings and ten monoprint lithographs from stone, published by Edition...Read more -
WORKS ON PAPER II | Group Exhibition
Quint Contemporary Art: 7547 Girard Avenue 3 Aug - 7 Sep 2013Quint Contemporary Art (QCA) is pleased to present ROY MCMAKIN: Some Drawings and a Table , a solo exhibition by Roy McMakin and WORKS ON PAPER II: Work by Peter...Read more -
RYAN McGINNESS | Women: New (Re)Presentations
Quint Contemporary Art: 7547 Girard Avenue 15 Sep - 3 Nov 2012Quint Contemporary Art (QCA) is very pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by New York–based artist Ryan McGinness. This is the third solo show of the artist’s...Read more -
SHOW DOWN | Group Exhibition
Quint Contemporary Art: 7739 Drury Lane 20 Jun - 19 Jul 2008Quint Contemporary Art is pleased to present SHOW DOWN. The exhibition will open on June 20th with a reception from from 6 - 8 p.m. and will be on view...Read more -
Ryan McGinness | A Rich Fantasy Life
7 Apr - 19 May 2007 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeQuint Contemporary Art is pleased to present 'A Rich Fantasy Life ” – an exhibition of new paintings by New York artist Ryan McGinness . This will be Ryan McGinness’s...Read more -
Ryan McGinness | Pain-Free Kittens
9 Apr - 14 May 2005 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeQuint Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a dynamic new installation and a video work by New York artist, Ryan McGinness. 'Pain-free Kittens' will consist of a site-specific mural installation,...Read more -
Dan Douke, Bill Feeney, Ryan McGinness, John Pittman and Nancy White | Group Show
11 Jan - 16 Feb 2002 Quint Gallery | 5171 Santa FeQuint Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a group exhibition featuring the works of five artists: Dan Douke, Bill Feeney, Ryan McGinness, John Pittman and Nancy White. While the media...Read more