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Ryan McGinness describes the ways he taps into his subconscious.
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Ryan McGinness says he will continue to work with galleries because they offer management of his art and let him focus on the work.
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Ryan McGinness’s work is highly sexual–something he says is a result of allowing himself to unleash his subconscious.
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Ryan McGinness says he uses beauty as a “Trojan Horse.”
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Ryan McGinness says design school taught him to place the burden of understanding and communication on the creator not the viewer.
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Ryan McGinness says wants to harness the power of brands to communicate his own thoughts and ideas.
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Everything starts with drawing and an underlying geometry, says Ryan McGinness.
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Ryan McGinness makes no distinction between his artistic mediums.
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Artist Ryan McGinness describes his early study in brand consciousness.
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A conversation with the New York-based painter and sculptor.
For most of us, looking at an image of an attractive man or woman is, to some degree, appealing. Advertisers know this, and so it’s not uncommon to see scantily […]
AIG was having all kinds of trouble remaining solvent when it received a government bailout before proceeding to commit multiple PR blunders in succession, particularly paying some $450 million in […]
As soon as we even breathe the word “sex” here in the Big Think office, headlines hop off the Google newswire fast enough to make even a liberal blogger wince. […]
Throwing mud on the notion that sexual relations in the Muslim world are but chaste couplings in poorly lit rooms for purely procreative purposes, merchants from Morocco to Indonesia are […]
I wish women would consider other women (especially those much older or much younger than themselves) less as enemies and more as friends, deep vaults of knowledge, wisdom, and empathy. Because it's the truth.
Nick Bilton, a designer, user interface specialist, technologist, journalist, hardware hacker, who is currently the design integration editor and user interface specialist at The New York Times and The Times […]
Our world needs youth leaders in our communities now from ages 14-25. We need to harness their energy and ideas, give the tools effective leadership and then let them lead! Our leaders in the US congress, corporations, and non-profits need term limits to ensure that the torches of leadership pass smoothly. This will allow our elders to Think Big about new projects as the pass existing programs onto others.
The party system in India requires modifying if not changing altogether because it is the primary cause of everything that's wrong in the governance of the country. In the U.K., Sir Paul Judge has founded an organization called The Jury Team that promotes independent candidates. Whether this could work in India or not is a moot point, given the vast difference in electorate size between India and the UK – but we certainly need to think out of the box if India is to realize its potential
There are a few ways to think about storing your gametes at -321 F for later use. On the one hand, cryopreservation could be one of the greatest tools would-be […]