Todd James is an American painter whose paintings and installations have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including both the 2001 and 2015 Venice Biennale. James is a co-creator of Street Market, a major work of the post-graffiti movement that debuted at Deitch Projects in New York in 2001. A re-creation of this work was the central installation of the LA MOCA’s record breaking Art in the Street exhibition a decade later. Recent solo shows include RossKramer Gallery in New York, Colette in Paris, Lazarides in London, Nanzuka in Tokyo, Alice Gallery in Brussels, and V1 in Copenhagen.  James has also exhibited his work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the Tate Museum in Liverpool, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Several monographs of his work have been published. James lives in downtown Manhattan.

Todd James (Reas)

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A member of the so-called Mission School, Barry McGee got his start as a graffiti artist in late 1980s San Francisco, where he tagged under the moniker Twist. In the decades since, he’s embraced a studio practice that includes sculptures, which retain the grit of his aesthetic beginnings: He’s incorporated motifs of empty liquor bottles, spray-paint cans, and scrap metal into his work. McGee also makes drawings, paintings, and mixed-media installations that address the realities of contemporary urban life; rampant consumerism and social stratification are particular concerns. McGee’s signatures include colorful geometric patterns and a recurring male character with sagging, tired eyes. He often presents his paintings framed and mounted together in large clusters. McGee has been the subject of solo exhibitions at museums and institutions including Fondazione Prada in Milan, the Hammer Museum, the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. On the secondary market, his work has sold for six-figure prices.

Barry McGee

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Untitled IV (2010)