Paul McCarthy

¿Quién es Paul McCarthy?

While still a student, Paul McCarthy threw himself out of a second floor window in a performance/action, emulating Yves Klein's legendary "Leap into the Void." McCarthy was an influential figure in the Southern California art and performance scene for decades before achieving international recognition. His performance work in the late 1970s explored areas of Dionysian and shamanistic initiation rituals, as well as the body and sexuality. The intensity of these performances, which often included the graphic depiction of taboo subjects, eventually led to his use of video and installation as primary media.  Mining the depths of the family and childhood via kitsch and pop cultural detritus, the body and sexuality, and an often outrageous theatricality, McCarthy's works inhabit a violent landscape of dysfunction and trauma. In many of his works, he adopts a performance persona that appears crazed, witch-like, or infantile. McCarthy's works often involve liquids, from bodily fluids to paint; one performance involved mixing his own blood with food, an obsessive gesture that is simulated in Family Tyranny.  In the late 1980s, McCarthy began using film and television sets as elements in video/performance installations. Often these elaborate fabrications involved the restaging of culturally-charged myths and icons, such as Heidi and Pinocchio, in the context of family psychodramas, Hollywood genres, and mass media.

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Poster de la película Painter Painter Poster de la película Coach Stage Stage Coach Coach Stage Stage Coach Poster de la película Black and White Tapes Black and White Tapes Poster de la película Sauce Sauce Poster de la película Fresh Acconci Fresh Acconci Poster de la película Rocky Rocky Se muestra una imagen de relleno, ya está disponible el poster de la película Aryan Death Ship Aryan Death Ship Poster de la película Sailor's Meat (Sailor's Delight) Sailor's Meat (Sailor's Delight) Poster de la película Experimental Dancer Experimental Dancer Poster de la película Class Fool Class Fool Se muestra una imagen de relleno, ya está disponible el poster de la película Out O' Actions Out O' Actions Poster de la película Bossy Burger Bossy Burger Poster de la película Pinocchio Pipenose Household Dilemma Pinocchio Pipenose Household Dilemma Poster de la película Heidi’s Four Basket Dances Heidi’s Four Basket Dances Poster de la película Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone

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Documental 4 películas
Western 1 películas

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