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Paul McCarthy

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Birthplace

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Birth year

1945

Lives in

Los Angeles

Works in

Los Angeles

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Upcoming Exhibitions and Events

Jun, 2013	The Humors
	Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Jun, 2013	Rebel Dabble Babble
	Hauser & Wirth 18th Street New York

Current Exhibitions and Events

Jun, 2013	WS
	Park Avenue Armory

Jun, 2013	55th International Art Exhibition - Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace)
	La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale)

May, 2013	do it (outside)
	Socrates Sculpture Park

May, 2013	Life Cast
	Hauser & Wirth New York

Mar, 2013	The Naked Man
	Ludwig Museum and Contemporary Art Museum ( Budapest)

Dec, 2012	From Death to Death and Other Small Tales \| Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D.Daskalopoulos Collection
	The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Statement

Paul McCarthy is a contemporary American artist. Originally formally trained as a painter, McCarthy's main interest lies in everyday activities and the mess created by them. His work often seeks to undermine the idea of "the myth of artistic greatness" and attacks the perception of the heroic male artist. McCarthy has created several Christmas-themed works. Through them, he combines the dismal aesthetic and the real meaning of Christmas. Through this, McCarthy is able to stay close to the bottomless ground of creativity by accepting, even embracing, the one truly consistent strategy: failure.

Recent Exhibits

Paul McCarthy participated in these exhibits:

May, 2013	SCULPTURES
	Hauser & Wirth 18th Street New York

Apr, 2013	Panel discussion - What’s so Funny?: Exploring the Role of Humor and Irony in Contemporary Art
	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)

Feb, 2013	Beg Borrow and Steal
	Palm Springs Art Museum

Feb, 2013	NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
	New Museum

Feb, 2013	Beg Borrow and Steal
	Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert

Dec, 2012	Painting
	The Box

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Exhibited with these artists

Paul McCarthy has Exhibited with these artists:

Exhibited at these venues

Paul McCarthy has Exhibited at these venues:

Perry Rubenstein Gallery			Hauser & Wirth 18th Street New York
Park Avenue Armory			La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale)
Socrates Sculpture Park			Hauser & Wirth New York
Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)			Ludwig Museum and Contemporary Art Museum ( Budapest)
Palm Springs Art Museum			New Museum
Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert			The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The Box			Praz-Delavallade - Paris
ICA (The Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston)			Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
Fundació Joan Miró			MOCA Grand Avenue’s Ahmanson Auditorium
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) at Grand Ave.			Saatchi Gallery
Hauser & Wirth Zürich			L&M Arts, Los Angeles
Neue Nationalgalerie			Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara
Altman Siegel Gallery			National Cultural-Art and Museum Complex "Mystetskyi Arsenal"
Echo Park Film Center			Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Rubell Family Collection			Hauser & Wirth London
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)			Shanghai Gallery of Art
David Zwirner- 533 W. 19th			David Zwirner- 525 W. 19th
David Zwirner- 519 W. 19th			Anna Kustera
South London Gallery			Hammer Museum
Charles Riva Collection			Martin-Gropius-Bau
P K M TRINITY GALLERY			Galerie Bob van Orsouw
Yvon Lambert Gallery			FordPROJECT
David Risley Gallery			Loretta Howard Gallery
La Maison Rouge			MOCA Geffen Contemporary
Gasworks			Dilston Grove
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE BIENNALE OF CARRARA			Simon Lee
Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin			Whitney Museum of American Art
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi			George Krevsky Gallery
Luhring Augustine - Chelsea			In:Surgo!
Walker Art Center			Gavlak
Gagosian Gallery - Britannia Street			www.tank.tv
ESMOD			Gallery BMB
Bass Museum of Art			Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Nyehaus			Lisson Gallery
Botanische Tuinen, Fort Hoofddijk			Larissa Goldston Gallery
Museo Nacional de Arte MUNAL Mexico			White Columns
MOCA Pacific Design Center			Broelmuseum, NMBS Hall
Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart			MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)
Perry Rubenstein Gallery - W. 23rd St.			The Center for Book Arts
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois			Santa Monica Museum of Art
carriage trade			CCA Wattis Institute
1301PE			museum on the seam
Jail Gallery			Five Thirty Three
project space downtown LA			Deitch Projects - Grand St.
IKON Ltd.			Presentation House Gallery

curated with these artists

Paul McCarthy has curated with these artists:

curated at these venues

Paul McCarthy has curated at these venues:

CCA Wattis Institute