Ryan McGinness’ “Mother and Child” Prints for Free Arts NYC

Starting with life drawings before the birth of his children, McGinness transformed photographs into sketches of streamlined shapes, designed for optimal readability in the final prints. In his large-scale prints for the series, McGinness chose vibrant translucent inks and overlapped multiple designs over each other, heightening the sense of complexity and abstraction in his work; his prints with Coeur Noir return to the pure, stylized forms he began with.

The artist emphasized how much he enjoyed working with Coeur Noir ten years ago, citing the print house as his main reason for undertaking the project. The prints are available for purchase online at Coeur Noir’s website.