The artist making hotel notepad drawings famous.
I first discovered McGregor on Pinterest and have been obsessed ever since. His reimaginings of ubiquitous things – fries, a BLT, flip phones, luxury watches – have made him a darling of fashion collabs like Acne Studios and Chanel.
McGregor sketches in cafés, hotel lobbies, and bars while traveling, on whatever paper is within reach. For Lunch, that paper is menus – ones he’s collected throughout his life, from family heirlooms to finds snatched from bodegas, hole-in-the-wall bars, and lunch counters.
The IYKYK: luckily, I’m friends with McGregor on Instagram so I asked him to share a fact with the class. His words: “the work is very ‘lived in’ — stained with wine or olive oil, smears of mustard and mayonnaise, rips and tears from stuffing menus in jeans pockets or inside my boot. Look close enough and you might even smell a taste of spicy mustard. There’s a lot to be revealed under the surface.”
