Whistle for the Wind

Ryan McGinley
9780847838318 / 847838315
Whistle for the Wind

Whistle for the Wind

Ryan McGinley
9780847838318 / 847838315
Publisher Rizzoli 2012
Edition Hardcover , 240 pages
Genres Cult photography , Erotic & Nude photography , Portrait photography , Street photography
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In 2000, Ryan McGinley, then a student, staged his first exhibition of photographs in an abandoned SoHo gallery. To coincide with the show, the artist created several handmade books featuring a sampling of his work entitled The Kids Are Alright. A copy eventually found its way into the hands of Sylvia Wolf, then a curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2003, Wolf mounted an exhibition of his work at the venerable institution, the youngest artist to ever have a solo show at the museum.

What Wolf recognized—and what other critics, curators, and collectors would quickly discover—was an artist who understood and chronicled his own generation (habituées of New York City’s downtown) as no artist had before him. McGinley had managed to capture the hedonistic adventures of youth culture—kids hanging out and enjoying life—but without the dark underbelly of earlier artists who mined similar themes. As the work evolved, he moved away from the more documentary aspect of the early photographs and began to create scenarios where he could explore different ideas (aesthetic and otherwise). This eventually led to the now legendary summer-long road trips, capturing groups of twenty-somethings amongst a variety of American landscapes. In his most recent body of work, McGinley continues to explore—in black and white as well as in color—the body but in the still, pared-down atmosphere of his studio.

In this first major monograph chronicling the entirety of the artist’s career, McGinley’s work is considered by three extraordinary figures: Chris Kraus, novelist and critic; John Kelsey, writer, artist and activist; and Gus Van Sant, the auteur filmmaker. Each attends—through the lens of their own rich insights—to various aspects of the artist’s work and creative process, offering in-depth and unique perspectives on McGinley’s work and import.

Specifications

Book title Whistle for the Wind
Photographer Ryan McGinley
ISBN 10 847838315 / 0-8478-3831-5       
ISBN 13 9780847838318 / 978-0-8478-3831-8
Publisher Rizzoli
Publish year 2012
Genre Cult photography Erotic & Nude photography Portrait photography Street photography
Book format Hardcover
Language English
Pages 240 pages
Color or b/w photographs colbw

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