Outing #2 Visit to SoHo

Starting at 1:00 pm, Saturday March 28, at The Drawing Center: 35 Wooster Street.

(That's two blocks North of Canal and one block East of West Broadway. Take any train to Canal Street and follow a map to Wooster, walking West from the N,R,Q, 6 and walking East from the C, E, A, 2, 3)

We will meet just outside of the entrance to The Drawing Center. If it rains, please meet in small lobby.

First, we will be visiting the Apparently Invisible exhibition and the Sun Xun: Shock of Time exhibition.

"Apparently Invisible: Selections Spring 2009 presents work by nine artists selected from the Viewing Program. The pieces included in the exhibition skirt the edge of perception and cognition, requiring a recalibration of the visual and a momentary investment in a more quiet sublime."

"Sun Xun: Shock of Time will present two recent hand-drawn animations by Hangzhou-based artist, Sun Xun (b. 1980, China). Shown together for the first time, Shock of Time (2006) and Lie of the Magician (2005) combine traditional drawing materials and printmaking techniques with digital media."







Then, we will visit the Jon Kessler exhibition at Deitch Gallery, Kessler's Circus, an updated and politicized version of Calder's Circus. (Alexander Calder is the artist famous for his mobiles). 76 Grand Street.







We will also visit another Deitch Gallery installation and view the work of Ryan McGinness. "His work combines all-over composition, inspired by Jackson Pollock and the mechanical silkscreen process inspired by Andy Warhol. The work also fuses naturalistic and contemporary pop culture references." 18 Wooster Street.




Ryan McGinness' psychedelic visions:
Drawing on Andy Warhol's love of commercial symbols and Jackson Pollock's energetic, layered abstractions, Ryan McGinness remixes digital information — referencing street culture, logos, and nature — to make paintings, sculptures, and products that engage the contemporary moment through a conflux of imagery.

He's inspired by skate culture. A former skateboarder, McGinness grew up in Virginia Beach and first became interested in art via t-shirt designs at the local skate and surf shops. A stint as an intern at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh solidified his interest in bridging fine art and pop.

The work is an accumulation of signs. Starting his career as a graphic designer, McGinness realized the importance of symbols early on, and developed his own vocabulary of visual signs and logos that get repeated throughout his work.

Publishers love him. With three new art publications released in the past year — Rizzoli's Ryan McGinness Works, Gingko Press' No Sin/No Future, and Arkitip's Aesthetic Comfort — McGinness continues to keep his art and design aesthetics accessible to everyone.

Visit McGinness' website, check out his current show at Deitch Projects, watch a video about his Arkitip book, and (if you want to be consumerist about it) buy his t-shirts and skate decks.