John Varvatos: Rock in Fashion

Once again Ryan McGinness blurs the lines between fine art and design in his latest experimental book.
Featured are McGinness' current paintings and sculptures from different bodies of work - Mindscapes,
Blackholes and Women - as well as site-specific work made for these pages. For Women, his photographic
sessions resulted in 2D forms, capturing their gestures and movements, and layering their images with
graphics. Reproductions of reproductions fold in on themselves as McGinness treats the metadata captions
about the work with as much (or even more) importance as the reproduced works they describe.
Adventurous typography is also employed with the incongruous phrases and texts culled from the artist's
sketchbook. McGinness is as experimental as ever, and has produced a collection of new work imbued with
youthful energy. The stunning juxtapositions of all these elements create a textured and vividly explosive
book that rewards multiple visits.