Paul McCarthy

born 1945

Paul McCarthy, ‘Painter’ 1995
Painter 1995
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Biography

Paul McCarthy (born August 4, 1945), is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

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Abject art Body art Performance art

Artworks

Paul McCarthy, ‘Painter’ 1995

Paul McCarthy Painter

1995
T12606
Paul McCarthy, ‘Rocky’ 1976

Paul McCarthy Rocky

1976
T07713
Paul McCarthy, ‘Projection Room 1971-2006’ 2006

Paul McCarthy Projection Room 1971-2006

2006
T12908
Paul McCarthy, ‘Dog’ 2000

Paul McCarthy Dog

2000
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Artist as subject

Paul McCarthy, ‘Painter’ 1995

Paul McCarthy Painter

1995
T12606

Film and audio

Unlock Art: What's so Funny?

Unlock Art: What's so Funny?

Tamsin Greig finds the funny side of art

Features

Jeff Koons, ‘Winter Bears’ 1988
Art Term

Kitsch

Kitsch is the German word for trash, and is used in English to describe particularly cheap, vulgar and sentimental forms ...

Sarah Lucas, ‘Chicken Knickers’ 1997
Art Term

Abject art

Abject art is used to describe artworks which explore themes that transgress and threaten our sense of cleanliness and propriety ...

Basil Wolverton, Heap 1955 ink on paper
Tate Etc

Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane

Jonathan Griffin

Etc. Essay: The grotesque
Sculpture of a rudimentary figure made from aluminium and acrylic paint, which has been made to look like torn fragments of white paper lying on the floor.
Tate Papers

David Musgrave: Faulty Images

Kate Macfarlane

This paper takes as its starting point two drawings by David Musgrave in Tate’s collection, Plane with inverted figure ...

Piero Manzoni Artists Breath 1960
Tate Etc

Next-to-nothing

Steven Connor

In 1935 Gertrude Stein wrote that in a painting there should be "no air...no feeling of air". As Steven ...

Tate Etc

Play on: The World as a Stage

Marie de Brugerolle

To coincide with the forthcoming The World as a Stage exhibition at Tate Modern, Marie de Brugerolle explores how contemporary ...

Paul McCarthy Daddies Bighead 16m-high inflatable sculpture
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Head case: Paul McCarthy

Paul McCarthy

Paul McCarthy's huge inflatables now loom outside Tate Modern. During their construction, the artist told Tate how Blockhead was ...

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