Ryan McGinness, "53 Women," 1111 Prospect Street (on the back wall facing the parking lot - view from Herschel Avenue), La Jolla, CA, digital print on vinyl, triptych, November 2011

“This new body of work is a continuation of my established and disciplined image-making that strives to employ the aesthetic of the anonymously created universal sign symbol. Two parallel desires drive these new Women drawings: my desire to simplify and iconify the underlying and 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.”


McGinness was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he was involved with the skateboard, surf, and garage band culture. He was famous for his T-shirt design logos, which are the foundation of his current artwork. McGinness earned a BA in Design from Carnegie Mellon University.