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Paul McCarthy

PAUL MCCARTHY

A&E Drawings Hauser & Wirth 2 June–17 July 2022 Los Angeles
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Celebrated American artist Paul McCarthy continues to mine the depths of contemporary society with an exhibition of large-scale drawings at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. Opening 2 June, the works on view confront and interrogate the entrenched psychological and emotional complexities of power and politics. The exhibition focuses on the Los Angeles debut of new and recent ‘A&E’ drawings, an offshoot of McCarthy’s ongoing video series with German actor Lilith Stangenberg. An acronym for Adolf & Eva, Adam & Eve, and Arts & Entertainment, ‘A&E’ is a multi-disciplinary project that evolved out of the artist’s film project NV Night Vater (2019–). Originally drawing from Liliana Cavani’s sadomasochistic erotic drama The Night Porter (1974), the project continues McCarthy’s exploration of the origins of fascism, Hollywood, the contemporary art world, and the current political climate.

These drawings, created by McCarthy during improvised filmed performances between himself and Stangenberg while in character as versions of Adolf and Eva, serve as documentation of both McCarthy’s incisive critical lens and his career-spanning omnivorous practice including performance, film, and drawing. The A&E drawings will be accompanied by a video work along with the platform sculpture the drawing performances were enacted upon.

A solo exhibition of McCarthy’s work, ‘Dead End Hole,’ was recently on view at KODE Museum in Bergen, Norway. In 2019 his works on paper were the subject of a major survey entitled ‘Head Space: Drawings 1963 – 2019’ at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

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About the Artist

Paul McCarthy is widely considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking contemporary American artists. Born in 1945, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, he first established a multi-faceted artistic practice, which sought to break the limitations of painting by using unorthodox materials such as bodily fluids and food. He has since become known for visceral, often hauntingly humorous work in a variety of mediums - from performance, photography, film, and video, to sculpture, drawing, and painting.

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About the Gallery

Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and Vice President Marc Payot. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth has expanded over the past 26 years to include outposts in Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, Somerset and Gstaad. The gallery represents over 70 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity over the past quarter century, and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.

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Hauser Wirth contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles United States
Hauser & Wirth
901 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, United States
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http://www.hauserwirth.com

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Tuesday – Sunday
11am – 6pm
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