Movies: Paul McCarthy

2 channel 16:9 color video w/ sound, duration: 16:50 min An animated image flow of the absurd actions of male tyrants. Images of the world of male madness. The performance of drawing while in character was video recorded then later processed two sep...

In Painter, the mythology of the artist as hero is attacked in a grotesque, parodic performance that unambiguously points to the abstract expressionists. Performing as the painter, McCarthy undermines pre-packaged ideas about the creative process by ...

Paul McCarthy’s “Red Poster Tapes,” created in 1971-72, faithfully carry out a series of straightforward but bizarre instructions: “I Smear Vaseline on Our Legs With a Pipe,” “I Break Pencils With My Teeth,” “Karen Releases a Rabbit at Night,” “I Eat...

Here, the artist performs as the female protagonist of Russ Meyer’s soft-porn film, Europe in the Raw! (1963). Done up in black lace lingerie, heavy makeup, and a seductive expression, he meanders across the room, methodically exposing different body...

With his Pinocchio Pipenose Household Dilemma, Paul McCarthy shows that interfaces don't always have to be a complicated business. Contact with the world of this American artist is established by dressing in red & yellow coveralls, enormous red plast...