Ryan McGinness - Contemporary Artists

Under Five Chairs Psychiatrists Wink

Under Five Chairs Psychiatrists Wink The Saatchi Gallery
 

Ryan McGinness

Under Five Chairs Psychiatrists Wink

2005
acrylic on canvas

182.9 x 457.2 cm

Drawing from his background in the design industry, Ryan McGinness’s work resolves the clinical graphic aesthetics of media as vast, contemplative fields of intimate meditation. Under Five Chairs Psychiatrists Wink is set across three panels, each beaconing with a baroque entrancement. Woven together with delicate intricacy, McGinness’s forms converge in a kaleidoscope of free-flowing associations: Stylised motifs, calligraphic patterns, and abstracted tattoo-like insignia overlap in arabesque mandalas. Framed within rich black and red planes, McGinness’s painting is reminiscent of ancient tapestries, fabricating the iconography of contemporary experience as spiritual and timeless.
 
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