Paul McCarthy (1945) - photo 1

Paul McCarthy

Paul McCarthy is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

McCarthy's works include performance, sculpture, installation, film and "painting as action". His points of reference are rooted, on the one hand, in things typically American, such as Disneyland, B-Movies, Soap Operas and Comics – he is a critical analyst of the mass media and consumer-driven American society and its hypocrisy, double standards and repression. On the other hand, it is European avant-garde art that has had the most influence on his artistic form language. Such influences include the Lost Art Movement, Joseph Beuys, Sigmund Freud, Samuel Beckett, and the Viennese Actionism.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:4 august 1945, Salt Lake City, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Sculptor
Genre:Performance art
Art style:Post War Art, Contemporary art
Technique:Installation

Creators USA

Maria Nordman (1943)
Maria Nordman
1943
Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976)
Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
Carl Paul Jennewein (1890 - 1978)
Carl Paul Jennewein
1890 - 1978
Lawrence James Beck (1938 - 1994)
Lawrence James Beck
1938 - 1994
Alex Da Corte (1980)
Alex Da Corte
1980
Richard Serra (1938 - 2024)
Richard Serra
1938 - 2024
Edward Francis McCartan (1879 - 1947)
Edward Francis McCartan
1879 - 1947
Chaim Moiseevich Livshits (1912 - 1994)
Chaim Moiseevich Livshits
1912 - 1994
John Wesley Hardrick (1891 - 1968)
John Wesley Hardrick
1891 - 1968
Joel Mesler (1974)
Joel Mesler
1974
Arthur Beecher Carles (1882 - 1952)
Arthur Beecher Carles
1882 - 1952
Ilya Kabakov (1933 - 2023)
Ilya Kabakov
1933 - 2023
Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968)
Marcel Duchamp
1887 - 1968
Louise Cox (1865 - 1945)
Louise Cox
1865 - 1945
Derek Paul Boyle (1985)
Derek Paul Boyle
1985
Luis Frangella (1944 - 1990)
Luis Frangella
1944 - 1990

Creators Contemporary art

Peter Keler (1898 - 1982)
Peter Keler
1898 - 1982
Barbara Kruger (1945)
Barbara Kruger
1945
Martin Wong (1946 - 1999)
Martin Wong
1946 - 1999
Robert Rotar (1926 - 1999)
Robert Rotar
1926 - 1999
Timo Sarpaneva (1926 - 2006)
Timo Sarpaneva
1926 - 2006
Peter Booth (1940)
Peter Booth
1940
Natalya Alekseevna Egorshina (1926 - 2010)
Natalya Alekseevna Egorshina
1926 - 2010
Victor Ashotovich Abramyan (1938 - 2008)
Victor Ashotovich Abramyan
1938 - 2008
Vladimir Vasilevich Moiseenko (1952)
Vladimir Vasilevich Moiseenko
1952
Patrik Hábl (1975)
Patrik Hábl
1975
Vladimir Vladimirovich Dmitriev (1900 - 1948)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Dmitriev
1900 - 1948
Anatoly Nikolaevich Petrov (1949 - 2016)
Anatoly Nikolaevich Petrov
1949 - 2016
Kim Dorland (1974)
Kim Dorland
1974
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado (1944)
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado
1944
Nadezhda Alekseevna Pavlovskaia (1925)
Nadezhda Alekseevna Pavlovskaia
1925
Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883 - 1962)
Guy Carleton Wiggins
1883 - 1962