Guess who's in town?

Across the street that houses his show, Barry McGee painted some of his ubiquitous images on the walls of a shop. I love the line quality of the drawings, very calligraphic in a way. I loved his paintings in the show, painted heads on wooden panels. In a strange way they reminded me of old icons, with their fine line and decrepit edges of ancient wood. One painting even had cracked paint which added to the effect. I've always been intrigued by his work ever since a former student of mine, Evan Dennis, introduced his work to me, and it was great to McGee's work in the flesh, so to speak.