Paul McCarthy
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Paul McCarthy is one of my fav artists. He constructs Hollywoood-type sets, throws multi-day orgies on them (girls get naked, saw off fake limbs in pools of blood), or he’ll make automated sculptures, like the famous pig that squirms happily on its motorized base. Back in the day he performed by himself, like in “Painter” (above). He started out by making videos of himself alone in his studio naked lathering himself in Heinz ketchup. It took him 30 years to get commercial representation: Hauser & Wirth is showing some of his new work in Zurich.
Paul McCarthy – Captain Ballsack & Other New Work
Paul McCarthy – 30 Year Retrospective (2007)
Flickr set of the S.M.A.K. Retrospective
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