Barry McGee: Reproduction Photographs by Barry McGee

Exploring Barry McGee's vast archive for the first time, Reproduction focuses on the significant role of photographs within his artistic practice. This monograph is the first to collect the photographs of internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Barry McGee. For decades, Barry McGee has collected and made photographs to use as inspiration and source material for his paintings, installations, and zines. Exploring this vast archive for the first time, Reproduction focuses on the significant role of photographs within McGee’s artistic practice, while texts by Sandy Kim, Ari Marcopoulos, and Sandra S. Phillips offer new insights into McGee’s multifaceted forms of creative expression. Captured at all hours and around the world with whatever camera is at hand, McGee’s images are immediate, casual, intimate, and anarchic all at once. His work boldly employs geometric shapes, clusters of framed drawings and paintings, distinctive characters, and found objects such as empty bottles, surfboar