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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	Rebel Dabble Babble
	Hauser & Wirth 18th Street New York

Current Exhibitions and Events

May, 2013	do it (outside)
	Socrates Sculpture Park

May, 2013	Life Cast
	Hauser & Wirth New York

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

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

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	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:

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

Dec, 2012	Painting
	The Box

Nov, 2012	Your History Is Our History
	Praz-Delavallade - Paris

Nov, 2012	This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s
	ICA (The Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston)

Nov, 2012	Fissures Critical Episodes (1957-2011). MACBA Collection
	Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)

Oct, 2012	Explosion! The legacy of Jackson Pollock
	Fundació Joan Miró

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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:

Hauser & Wirth 18th Street New York			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
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 Gallery
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