Paul McCarthy: Painter April 7, 2009

Paul McCarthy's videos parodied the formalism of modern painting, and by the mid-1970s, he began performing more transgressive acts, seeking to elicit visceral responses from viewers lulled into aesthetic apathy by the picturesque. In this exhibit, McCarthy focuses on the artist-as-producer, especially the "heroic male artist," and undermines "the myth of artistic greatness."