Ryan McGinley

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http://www.phhfineart.com/Artists/McGinley/default.asp

he is easy and loose and fun, handsome boys fucking and laughing and playing about, rock stars in hotel rooms, the details that others miss-like the shade of green in a hoodie or the curve of haunch.

the other people that do this sort of thing weight down their work with any number of inapporite references to cultural history (goldin), or make it look like an exotic fun time (bruce le bruce), or make everyone seem so fucking misearble (larry clarke).

mcginley, well.
everyone seems to laugh.

discuss.
(btw, often he treats the erotic as something that is common and good, so keep that in mind when looking at the link)

oh and his first exhibiton is called the kids are alright, and i think he belives that and wants us to as well.

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 10 February 2003 10:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Those pictures are cool, esp the slightly blurry one with the guy w/ black hair that sort of blends into the background. I always like blurry photos. Half of them didn't show it, though.

― Livvie, Monday, 10 February 2003 11:05 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

Now that he's everywhere again thanks to Sigur Ros, the number of images I've come across in magazines is finally making me get this guy. Really cool.

― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:43 (seventeen years ago)

way better than the sameshimas of this world for his great sweeping lashings of nostalgia.

― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:44 (seventeen years ago)

his photos make him seem like he would be cool to hang out with too.

― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:46 (seventeen years ago)

^ Yes agreed. His best friend has a blog I used to read regular and he always came across as very sweet/fun in her writing.

I really like him. The series he did last year (maybe the year before that) on Morrissey and Morrissey fans was very good.

― ENBB, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:47 (seventeen years ago)

is that blog still up, i'm curious

― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:50 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.teenageunicorn.com/contents.html

She recently stopped writing on it but the archives are still there.

― ENBB, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://teenageunicorn.com/2007guggenheim.html

― ENBB, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:51 (seventeen years ago)

That post about "all my friends are artists" is crazy. It goes a bit far when Terence Koh shows up like it was nothing. I need to get out more.

― I know, right?, Thursday, 10 July 2008 14:13 (seventeen years ago)

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