ArtShow: Ryan McGinness Sign Trees
- Jenna Mackin
- Jul 30, 2015
- 1 min read
Photo by Farzad Owrang, Photo courtesy of Ryan McGinness Studios, Inc./Art Resource, NY, © Ryan McGinness / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Silas Marder Gallery presents "Ryan McGinness: Sign Trees," a solo exhibition of recent paintings and sculptures, opening Saturday and on view through August 29. A reception for the artist will be held Saturday from 4 to 8 PM at the Bridgehampton locale.
In this most recent body of work, McGinness appropriates the common street sign, using off-the-shelf industrial parts to create objects that imitate the style of the urban transportation system. The Sign Trees resemble overpopulated traffic signposts, each trunk splitting off into a constellation of branches supporting panels arrayed with the artist's signature symbols.