Paul McCarthy
born 1945
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In Tate Liverpool
Constellations: Cindy Sherman
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Paul McCarthy (born August 4, 1945), is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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Artist as subject
Paul McCarthy Painter
1995
Film and audio
Unlock Art: What's so Funny?
Tamsin Greig finds the funny side of art
Features
Art Term
Kitsch
Kitsch is the German word for trash, and is used in English to describe particularly cheap, vulgar and sentimental forms ...
Art Term
Abject art
Abject art is used to describe artworks which explore themes that transgress and threaten our sense of cleanliness and propriety ...
Tate Etc
Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane
Etc. Essay: The grotesque
Tate Papers
David Musgrave: Faulty Images
This paper takes as its starting point two drawings by David Musgrave in Tate’s collection, Plane with inverted figure ...
Tate Etc
Next-to-nothing
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
To coincide with the forthcoming The World as a Stage exhibition at Tate Modern, Marie de Brugerolle explores how contemporary ...
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Head case: 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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