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Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement
Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, discusses Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement. This exhibition brings together a group of new and rarely seen works by Paul McCarthy (b. 1945), one of the most important American artists of his generation. The installations, films, photographs, and drawings on view focus on a central element of McCarthy's practice: the way the body is destabilized through dislocations of architectural space. The disorientation that threads though all of the works shown here is at once formal, corporeal, and psychological. The screens, projectors, and rotating cameras of Spinning Room place the viewer at the center of hypnotic environment whereas the moving walls and doors of Bang Bang Room collapse our notion of stable architectural space. In Madhouse the walls and chair spinning at varying speeds conjure a similar state of physical and mental disorientation. Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, discusses Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Ro... more
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Paul McCarthy’s art turns fairy tales into messy nightmares
Paul McCarthy, a performance artist and sculptor known for tackling taboo subjects in ambitious installations that might, for example, turn fairy tales into messy nightmares, near one of his works at California College of the Arts' Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco. McCarthy has curated an unconventional retrospective that primarily examines the artworks, ideas and impulses that shaped him. The first chapter focuses on the 1960s, when … More.... Paul McCarthy, a performance artist and sculptor known for tackling taboo subjects in ambitious installations that might, for example,... more
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Giant inflatable turd causes havoc in Switzerland
An inflatable dog turd the size of a house has blown away from a modern art exhibition in a Swiss museum before bringing down an electricity line and smashing a greenhouse window.
"Complex Shit", a sculpture by the American artist Paul McCarthy, cast loose its moorings and was lifted by a sudden gust of wind from the Paul Klee centre in Berne and carried 200 yards to eventually make landfall in the grounds of a children's home.
Museum authorities said the work had an automatic safety device that was supposed to make it deflate in the event of a storm - but it failed to operate. An inflatable dog turd the size of a house has blown away from a modern art exhibition in a Swiss museum before bringing down an elect... more -
High Art in South Beach
Art Basel Miami Beach, a celebrated international art show, is the largest art fair in the US. While the main art fair occurs at the convention center in Miami Beach, there are many satellite fairs, events, and parties to supplement the main attraction.
This pod provides a taste of the fair while exploring the definition of art. Art Basel Miami Beach, a celebrated international art show, is the largest art fair in the US. While the main art fair occurs at the ... more -
SF: Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 1@CCA Wattis Institute 2.7-4.12
Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 1 is the first half of an evolving, two-part exhibition presenting sculpture, photography, painting, installation, drawing, performance, video, music, magazines, books, images, memorabilia, documents, and films. Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 1 is the first half of an evolving, two-part exhibition presenting sculpture, photograph... more
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