Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

 

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0h 44m 2001 HD

Drawing on the idiom and imagery of the consumer culture he grew up in, video artist Paul McCarthy distorts and mutates the familiar into the disturbing and grotesque as fairy tale narratives and foods are transformed into tableaus of abuse and violation.


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