1 00:00:07,116 --> 00:00:12,038 [BARRY MCGEE: RETROSPECTIVE] 2 00:00:27,137 --> 00:00:29,181 It is a retrospective of sorts, 3 00:00:29,181 --> 00:00:32,747 so obviously I'm honored with the invitation to do it. 4 00:00:32,747 --> 00:00:36,115 But it's... I'm really uncomfortable in the situation. 5 00:00:41,205 --> 00:00:46,584 Not one person needs this much concrete and space. 6 00:00:59,675 --> 00:01:04,568 I was aware that they were going to find some old work that I wasn't happy with. 7 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:10,418 There's, like, areas that I don't even want to visit anymore in my life. 8 00:01:10,418 --> 00:01:12,840 So, it's... I know it had to be here, 9 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:18,445 but I just let other people hang it, and it looked okay. 10 00:01:23,954 --> 00:01:28,279 A lot of the vitrines are some of my friends'-- 11 00:01:28,279 --> 00:01:30,164 the artwork that I like. 12 00:01:30,164 --> 00:01:33,270 If I could curate a good show, it would always have all of my friends 13 00:01:33,270 --> 00:01:37,041 and my favorite artists would be in here, also. 14 00:01:38,408 --> 00:01:43,070 Oh. Yeah, these all have my favorite things in them. 15 00:01:44,345 --> 00:01:46,284 This is a guy in Bolinas, this guy Chad. 16 00:01:46,284 --> 00:01:50,845 He passed away, but he used to do these paintings on wood 17 00:01:50,845 --> 00:01:53,797 of his favorite things. His favorite thing was Budweiser. 18 00:01:53,797 --> 00:01:56,178 He painted what he loved, [LAUGHS] 19 00:01:56,848 --> 00:01:58,576 and he signed it 'Chad'. 20 00:02:00,135 --> 00:02:02,516 My wife Clare made that. 21 00:02:03,009 --> 00:02:06,211 She made these three little canvases. 22 00:02:07,208 --> 00:02:09,882 She was really proud when she brought her classes up here, 23 00:02:09,882 --> 00:02:12,515 she was like, "I have paintings in here too, guys, okay?" 24 00:02:12,515 --> 00:02:13,871 "I have paintings in here." 25 00:02:14,179 --> 00:02:16,684 This is my ideal way to hang the artwork, too, 26 00:02:16,684 --> 00:02:22,208 just with like what I would call a more serious attempt at art, 27 00:02:22,208 --> 00:02:26,552 and then just something that a friend made on a Xerox machine right next to it-- 28 00:02:26,552 --> 00:02:28,409 that's just as serious to me. 29 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:30,175 These are boards. 30 00:02:30,316 --> 00:02:31,620 These are from thrift stores. 31 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:35,684 I don't know what they are, but I keep on coming across them. 32 00:02:36,755 --> 00:02:37,816 I made these. 33 00:02:39,641 --> 00:02:41,746 These are ballpoint pen drawings, also. 34 00:02:41,746 --> 00:02:45,714 I just took a cue from what my father was doing. 35 00:02:46,049 --> 00:02:51,809 My dad, he passed away three years ago; 36 00:02:51,809 --> 00:02:53,689 But he always drew on napkins. 37 00:02:54,009 --> 00:02:55,607 Yeah, there's like thousands of these, 38 00:02:55,607 --> 00:02:59,069 and he would iron them with wax paper 39 00:02:59,069 --> 00:03:04,685 and he would always sign them, obviously: 'John C. McGee'. 40 00:03:05,177 --> 00:03:08,149 I tried to bring as many people as I could in here 41 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:11,916 that deserve attention. 42 00:03:12,133 --> 00:03:16,284 There's so many more interesting things going on, I feel like. 43 00:03:16,984 --> 00:03:20,514 To me, it would be better as a massive group show-- 44 00:03:20,514 --> 00:03:24,017 like, three hundred different people. 45 00:03:26,947 --> 00:03:29,145 Some kids in San Francisco did these. 46 00:03:29,145 --> 00:03:31,209 They're like in their early 20s. 47 00:03:32,239 --> 00:03:35,327 I was just kind of curious what they're... 48 00:03:35,943 --> 00:03:38,283 Like a twenty year-old kid that's into graffiti, 49 00:03:38,283 --> 00:03:40,084 what they're into. 50 00:03:40,608 --> 00:03:44,884 I think the generation is so far away from me now, 51 00:03:44,884 --> 00:03:46,975 I don't even know what they're doing anymore. 52 00:03:47,208 --> 00:03:49,114 I think it's so natural for them to be here, though. 53 00:03:49,114 --> 00:03:53,346 It'd be doing a big disservice for the Bay Area if this stuff wasn't here. 54 00:03:57,244 --> 00:04:01,496 This is where my work is going in the future--something like that. 55 00:04:01,566 --> 00:04:03,694 I'm very happy with that piece. 56 00:04:04,263 --> 00:04:05,925 Am I talking too much about my artwork now? 57 00:04:05,925 --> 00:04:07,527 I feel like I'm talking too much my artwork. 58 00:04:07,527 --> 00:04:09,273 [MAN OFF CAMERA] No, this is exactly what you're supposed to be doing. 59 00:04:09,273 --> 00:04:09,849 [MCGEE] Really? 60 00:04:09,849 --> 00:04:10,512 [MAN OFF CAMERA] Yeah. 61 00:04:10,802 --> 00:04:13,237 [MCGEE] I'm completely happy with this part. 62 00:04:13,727 --> 00:04:16,957 It was the hardest part to do for some reason.