{"id":977,"date":"2010-03-18T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/03\/18\/ryan-mcginleyeverybody-knows-this-is-nowhere\/"},"modified":"2010-03-26T09:47:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T14:47:21","slug":"ryan-mcginleyeverybody-knows-this-is-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/03\/18\/ryan-mcginleyeverybody-knows-this-is-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"~RYAN McGINLEY\/Everybody Knows This is Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ryan<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nRYAN McGINLEY – ‘Mari’, 2010. Gelatin Silver print, 18 x 12 in.
\nedition of 3. ($5,000 ea.)
\nPhoto Image\/courtesy:TEAM GALLERY<\/p>\n

RYAN McGINLEY – EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
\nOPENING – THURSDAY, MARCH 18 at 6 PM
\nMARCH 18 – APRIL 17, 2010
\nTEAM GALLERY<\/a> – 83 GRAND ST – SOHO<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\na pensive RYAN McGINLEY at the opening.
\n32 years old, he was always pretty serious, and he seems to be handling his swiftly escalating success supremely well.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nRYAN McGINLEY flashes a peace sign at the opening.
\nwith him, SEAN RISLEY, who is featured in one of the show’s new black and white portraits.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nSEAN RISLEY, photo by RYAN McGINLEY.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nanother McGinley photo ‘subject’ – outside on the steps of the gallery – MATT K.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\non the right: RYAN McGINLEY, ‘Matt K’. 2010 silver gelatin print, 18 x 12 in.
\nedition of 3.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nthe portraits were arrayed, grid-like – on the huge east wall of the gallery.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nMr. McGinley started his career off with – off-the-cuff club-kid & skater polaroids !! so in some ways this was a conservative departure, technique or format-wise. but essentially, and most importantly, portrait-wise: NOT !!
\nhis photos are always just absolutely downright compelling, and there is no 2 ways about it.
\nafter trashing the current MOMA show for its cheesy, gratuitous and see-me-nakedness jerkiness – talk about irrelevant wannabes – the next show up for us – is nakedness by McGinley !! and it soars. it takes off. it has mystery & depth. insight. edge.
\nthe art world ain’t it a bitch.
\nwhen it comes down to it – its all about the talent. <\/p>\n

\"ryan
\nin the quickly growing crowd – we spot – SCOTT HUG.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nand young street\/subway graff culture photographer – SEAN VEGEZZI with his friend, CLARA.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\neach, and every photograph was unique and striking.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nit was fun to watch the opening crowd observe the wall of black and white photos – even though the crowd got threateningly large – and there was no organized security or crowd control whatsoever – it was always like a parting wave – in the shallow space in front of the wall of black and white photos.<\/p>\n

\"ryan
\nthere was also a smaller grouping of portraits in the back room – where we spied – IO !!<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nand then who waltzes in, but IO herself – in the flesh !!<\/p>\n

\"ryan
\namong the crowd another McGinley – subject – also named – MATT.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nMatt’s portrait, a full length nude – was also to be found in that small back room.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nback in the main exhibit room – the crowd was cheek to cheek.<\/p>\n

\"ryan
\nit was impossible to view the several large scale photos.
\n(you can see them on the gallery website).<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\noutside – the crowd was taking over the entire Soho block !!
\nno lines, no list, no security – it was bottle-necked at the one entry\/exit doorway – but very polite and orderly, I think mostly in deference to the crowd’s great respect for the artist.
\n(Jose Friere, the gallery’s owner – was nowhere in sight).<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nthe opening night crowd – out on the street.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nin the crowd – A-ron and Rachel. <\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nLEIF RITCHEY and TOOYA !!
\nLief has a show up now at THE JOURNAL GALLERY in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan
\nso half-way through the opening, with a crowd like that – no surprise – an NYFD FIRETRUCK showed up !!<\/p>\n

\"ryan
\nbut even with some kind of captain or supervisor – in a white visor – they couldn’t get though to the doorway.
\nthey were actually way too polite. and were seen – asking all the pretty young girls – what was going on ?<\/p>\n

\"ryan
\nso then they called in the cops. <\/p>\n

\"ryan
\neven they couldn’t shut this block party down !! compared to other situations, with way smaller crowds in front of way smaller galleries in Brooklyn, and even the Lower East Side – these cops wore kid gloves. what is it – about Soho and its super rich tenanted streets ?
\nso finally they had to call in a specialized cop car that was equipped with a battlefield ‘warfare’ sound system – that emitted such a huge and nausea-generating aggressive sound – the crowd was forced to slowly give ground to the ‘armed’ enforcers – and the show finally got shut down.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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