New Museum
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New York City, NY 10002
New York City, NY 10002
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Born 1945 Salt Lake City. Known for: Abject disfigurative sculpture, installation.
McCarthy is known for shocking, sexually charged pieces that feature benign cartoon and pop-culture characters such as Olive Oyl and Santa Claus, among others in a bacchanalia of blood and feces. His... Read full biography
McCarthy is known for shocking, sexually charged pieces that feature benign cartoon and pop-culture characters such as Olive Oyl and Santa Claus, among others in a bacchanalia of blood and feces. His 1974 video Hot Dog shoots to the heart of the adolescent "gross-out" as McCarthy tapes his penis... Read full biography
McCarthy is known for shocking, sexually charged pieces that feature benign cartoon and pop-culture characters such as Olive Oyl and Santa Claus, among others in a bacchanalia of blood and feces. His 1974 video Hot Dog shoots to the heart of the adolescent "gross-out" as McCarthy tapes his penis into a hot dog bun, then packs his pie hole full of franks and wraps himself in gauze. Another piece from the 70s called Sailor's Meat finds the artist dressed as a blonde hooker smeared with blood and... Read full biography
McCarthy is known for shocking, sexually charged pieces that feature benign cartoon and pop-culture characters such as Olive Oyl and Santa Claus, among others in a bacchanalia of blood and feces. His 1974 video Hot Dog shoots to the heart of the adolescent "gross-out" as McCarthy tapes his penis into a hot dog bun, then packs his pie hole full of franks and wraps himself in gauze. Another piece from the 70s called Sailor's Meat finds the artist dressed as a blonde hooker smeared with blood and "gnawing" a pile of raw meat. With the technological advances of the past two decades, McCarthy has fashioned robots to do his dirty work for him: the kinetic sculpture The Garden, features a male robot getting it on with a tree. In Santa Chocolate... Read full biography
McCarthy is known for shocking, sexually charged pieces that feature benign cartoon and pop-culture characters such as Olive Oyl and Santa Claus, among others in a bacchanalia of blood and feces. His 1974 video Hot Dog shoots to the heart of the adolescent "gross-out" as McCarthy tapes his penis into a hot dog bun, then packs his pie hole full of franks and wraps himself in gauze. Another piece from the 70s called Sailor's Meat finds the artist dressed as a blonde hooker smeared with blood and "gnawing" a pile of raw meat. With the technological advances of the past two decades, McCarthy has fashioned robots to do his dirty work for him: the kinetic sculpture The Garden, features a male robot getting it on with a tree. In Santa Chocolate Shop (1997), McCarthy achieves the ultimate dismantling of s... Read full biography