Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian, b. 1959, Leicester, MA) is a multidisciplinary performer, designer, and artist with a fascination for celebrity, cityscapes, and the aesthetics of the everyday. Coming to prominence at the heart of New York City's drag scene in the 1980s, Tabboo!'s work holds a diaristic impulse that has ranged from the visuals of nightlife to idyllic scenery. Portraits of friends, still lifes, and work related to current political opposition populates the artist's oeuvre, rendered sparkling and bittersweet with a striking honesty. Tabboo! has performed extensively, created murals for public projects, designed flyers, album covers, and collaborated with fashion designers.
Read MoreHis work is held in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Art Houston, Texas.
Text courtesy Karma.
