Ryan McGinness

Polaroid by Jeremy Kost

interview by BILL POWERS
polaroid by JEREMY KOST

 

It’s hard to imagine that anyone could outdo the shock value of Andy Warhol’s famous fright wigs, but painter Ryan McGinness has done just that with the limited edition of wigs he’s created using harvests of his own hair! Fixed somewhere between Locks of Love and The Silence of the Lambs, McGinness’s personal appearance is also somewhat disturbing. You can have a look for yourself when Ryan McGinness Works opens at Deitch Projects this coming March. Ryan will be the guy in the white dress shirt — for the past ten years he’s worn only white shirts — and the weird upside-down beard on his head.

BILL POWERS — What was your idea behind this project?
RYAN MCGINNESS — During a lecture I gave eight years ago someone in the audience asked…