Barry McGee retrospective at Berkeley Art Museum

One week from today the Berkeley Art Museum will open the first exhibition surveying the art of Barry McGee.

“Throughout his career,” writes Alex Baker in the exhibition catalog, “Barry McGee has continued to surprise and contradict expectations.” Including rarely seen early etchings, letterpress printing trays and liquor bottles painted with his trademark cast of down-and-out urban characters, constellations of vibrant op-art painted panels, animatronic taggers, and an elaborate re-creation of a cacophonous street-corner bodega, along with many new projects, this first midcareer survey of the globally influential San Francisco–based artist showcases the astonishing range of McGee’s compassionate and vivacious work.

The exhibition will travel to the ICA Boston in Spring 2013 and is accompanied by a catalogue featuring essays by Alex Baker, Natasha Boas, Germano Celant, and Jeffrey Deitch.

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