HEAD SHOP, SHOP HEAD: WORKS 1966-2006 [Paperback]

Iwona Blazwick (Author), Thomas McEvilley (Author), Paul McCarthy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 2008

Although Paul McCarthy was born in 1945, has been working for nearly 40 years and is counted among the most influential figures of his generation, he didn't become known to the general public until the early 1990s. Because of this, and because he has frequently collaborated with younger artists like Mike Kelley and Jason Rhoades, many people think mistakenly that McCarthy belongs to a younger generation. Perhaps this is also because his portfolio includes works like the 1993 Spaghetti Man, a mannequin-like child figure with a penis so long it coils in front of him, who likes to stand around galleries in nothing but a T-shirt and a furry bunny face mask. Works like these--uneasy, funny, wise--undertake a critical processing of Western culture, its traumas and taboos, and the institutions that shape its denizens. Hollywood, Disney and the family are a few of McCarthy's direct sources of inspiration. Head Shop/Shop Head: Works 1966-2006 features seven large installations, 15 large sculptures, two inflatable ones, drawings, photos and film, all of which are featured at the important retrospective mounted by Sweden's Moderna Museet in the summer of 2006.

Product Details

• Paperback: 688 pages
• Publisher: Steidl (November 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3865213006
• ISBN-13: 978-3865213006
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,126,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars pleasence from the master skin grafter., December 14, 2006

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mccarthy heads up the knuckles on the punch that is coming and it is all hear in grotesque faithful glory. belly blooming liquid sqwelch that has become the pysche house taboo center, next up is the calm dome. but non the les, les the non, paul mccarthy gives us the cream 50's thru 00's style, in hallowed saloon, charles manson charles eastwood is good bad and ugly ya. crawl thru the space and drag your smegma about, its a trail of tears for the former represser. needless i love the title, gimme all the images so i maybe fasten them to the walls of the calm dome archive. i am over the age of 13.