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Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy: Caribbean Pirates

Sale price$150.00

‘Caribbean Pirates,’ an immense two-volume artist book by Paul McCarthy and his son Damon McCarthy, presents photographic documentation of ‘Frigate’ and ‘Houseboat,’ two works first begun in 2001 that take the lawlessness of piracy as a departure point. Exploring the ways bodies, sex, and violence all find themselves enmeshed in networks of cultural references – spanning from American consumerism to Disney and classical cinema – these works are an essential component of McCarthy’s acclaimed multidisciplinary practice, which merges performance, sculpture, photography, painting, video, installation, and virtual reality. As Welchman iterates, ‘Activating his grocery items as tools, lubricants, and props, McCarthy’s sexually schizophrenic persona engaged for almost an hour in dysfunctional bouts of mannered and aggressive autoeroticism inside a decrepit skid-row hotel room.’

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Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy: Caribbean Pirates Sale price$150.00

Language

English

Publisher

Hauser & Wirth Publishers

Composition

Two hardcover volumes in a slipcase

Contributors

Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, John C. Welchman

Pages

Volume 1: 408 pages, Volume 2: 160 pages

Size

29.5 x 40.5 cm

ISBN

9783906915272

Publication Date

May-19

The Artist

PAUL MCCARTHY

Paul McCarthy is widely considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking contemporary American artists. Born in 1945, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, he first established a multi-faceted artistic practice, which sought to break the limitations of painting by using unorthodox materials such as bodily fluids and food. He has since become known for visceral, often hauntingly humorous work in a variety of mediums – from performance, photography, film and video, to sculpture, drawing and painting.

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