Ryan Mcginness: A Rich Fantasy Life

A Rich Fantasy Lifeexplodes with sharp colorful new paintings by Ryan McGinness, an artist who "has mastered and integrated a seemingly infinite variety of visual languages, producing works that inhabit the ever-blurred border between high art and popular illustration," according to Artforum. This 144-page hardback concentrates on the artist's lush paintings of layered iconic worlds. It also features numerous photos of the artist's installations as well as insightful sketches that reveal the developmental process behind his graphic drawings. Born in 1972 and educated at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Ryan McGinness is represented in New York by Deitch Projects, and on the west coast by Quint in La Jolla. He is the author of 10 books, including Flatnessisgod, and his work has been acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and London's Saatchi Collection. His next museum show will be at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.