Back in ’95, Mark and I met Barry while he was painting with Dug on Market Street. He asked us, “do you write?” and when I said “yeah Reign”, he is the only one who ever said “r-e-i-g-n?” Normally, people spell my name wrong, but he got it right. Twist said, “I see you up”…
BARRY MCGEE Barry McGee (born 1966 in San Francisco) is a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known as Ray Fong, Lydia Fong, Bernon Vernon, P.Kin, Ray Virgil, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others. I grew up seeing Twist’s iconic characters (i.e. the screw and the long…
There’s no denying it, Barry is still the man. From his tags to his art, he’s going down as a legend. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18036716[/vimeo]