Barry McGee x Lydia Fong x Ratio 3
Add Lydia Fong to the list of pseudonyms used by San Francisco artist Barry McGee. A solo exhibition A Moment for Reflection: new works by Lydia Fong opened stealthily at Ratio 3 on Fri, Sept. 5. Up until two week ago the Ratio 3 website had the show simply listed as ’something by somebody’.
McGee introduces a new lexicon of flat geometric patterns and shapes with this exhibition, along with more familiar work - moving sculptures, a video installation, surf boards, a pimple, photographs and several clusters of paintings. If you look closely you might also find a slice of orange sitting atop a painting, and rolled orange peels squeezed between two paintings. The exhibit also features drawings by McGee’s father.
At the last show I asked Ratio 3 gallery owner Chris Perez what the next show was; his response was ‘It’s a surprise’. A very nice surprise indeed.
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4 Comments, Comment or Ping
dapimple
Thanks for all the pics. they are totally amazing!
Sep 7th, 2008
susan
This is incredibly inspiring and beautiful!
Sep 7th, 2008
daper
this dude always come clean on his art work although its wierd but its cool.
Sep 20th, 2008
kristin
KQED Arts + Culture did a video interview with Lydia about the show, check it out: http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/gallerycrawl/profile.jsp?essid=23484
Oct 8th, 2008
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