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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
10.337 PAUL MCCARTHY
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PAUL MCCARTHY. CONTEMPORARY ARTIST WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. MCCARTHY STUDIED AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE. IN 1972 HE STUDIED FILM, VIDEO AND ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FROM 1982 TO 2002 HE HAS TAUGHT PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND PERFORMANCE ART HISTORY. MCCARTHY CURRENTLY WORKS MAINLY IN VIDEO AND SCULPTURE. TRAINED AS A PAINTER, MCCARTHY'S MAIN INTEREST LIES IN EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND THE MESS CREATED BY THEM. MUCH OF HIS WORK IN THE LATE 1960S, SUCH AS MOUNTAIN BOWLING (1969) AND HOLD AN APPLE IN YOUR ARMPIT (1970) ARE SIMILAR TO THE WORK OF HAPPENINGS FOUNDER ALLAN KAPROW, WITH WHOM MCCARTHY HAD A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.
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CONTEMPORARY ARTIST WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. MCCARTHY STUDIED AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE. IN 1972 HE STUDIED FILM, VIDEO AND ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FROM 1982 TO 2002 HE HAS TAUGHT PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND PERFORMANCE ART HISTORY. MCCARTHY CURRENTLY WORKS MAINLY IN VIDEO AND SCULPTURE. TRAINED AS A PAINTER, MCCARTHY'S MAIN INTEREST LIES IN EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND THE MESS CREATED BY THEM. MUCH OF HIS WORK IN THE LATE 1960S, SUCH AS MOUNTAIN BOWLING (1969) AND HOLD AN APPLE IN YOUR ARMPIT (1970) ARE SIMILAR TO THE WORK OF HAPPENINGS FOUNDER ALLAN KAPROW, WITH WHOM MCCARTHY HAD A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
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