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Artwork Survey: 1990s

Paul McCarthy

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  1. Bossy Burger
    Performance, video, and installation at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles
    1991
    BBQ turkey leg, television, stage set, bowls, cooking utensils, chair, counter, milk, flour, ketchup, mayonnaise, dolls, chef costume, rubber Alfred E. Neuman mask, and video
    Dimensions variable

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

  2. Bossy Burger
    Performance, video, and installation at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles
    1991
    BBQ turkey leg, television, stage set, bowls, cooking utensils, chair, counter, milk, flour, ketchup, mayonnaise, dolls, chef costume, rubber Alfred E. Neuman mask, and video
    Dimensions variable

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

  3. Heidi, Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone
    Performance, video, and installation at Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
    1992
    Wood, paint, various wood objects and utensils, straw, latex rubber figures, clothing, stuffed goat, canvas, folding table, photographs, postcards, and collage
    Dimensions variable
    Collection Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

  4. Pinocchio Pipenose Householddilemma
    Performance, video, and installation at Villa Arson, Nice, France
    1994
    Installation, video, and photographs
    Dimensions variable
    Collection Contemporary Art Fundación “la Caixa”, Barcelona

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

  5. Pinocchio Pipenose Householddilemma
    Performance, video, and installation at Villa Arson, Nice, France
    1994
    Installation, video, and photographs
    Dimensions variable
    Collection Contemporary Art Fundación “la Caixa”, Barcelona

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

  6. Painter
    Video tape, performance, and installation in Los Angeles with Brian Butler, Sabina Hornig, Paul McCarthy, Fredrik Nilsen, and Barbara Smith
    1995
    Wood paneling, carpet, paint, furniture, canvas, kitchen utensils, over-sized paint tubes and brush, video projector, latex noses, and folding chairs
    Dimensions variable
    Collection of the Rubell Family, Miami, Florida

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

  7. Mad House
    Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
    1999/2008
    Steel, aluminum, electric cabinet, plywood, and chair
    138 × 168 × 168 inches

    Photo by Ron Amstutz

    Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Zürich London

    © Paul McCarthy

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