Paul McCarthy

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Paul McCarthy

Born 1945-08-04 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 11 films

While still a student, Paul McCarthy threw himself out of a second floor window in a performance/action, emulating Yves Klein's legendary "Leap into the Void." McCarthy was an influential figure in the Southern California art and performance scene for decades before achieving international recognition. His performance work in the late 1970s explored areas of Dionysian and shamanistic initiation rituals, as well as the body and sexuality. The intensity of t…

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Filmography

11 films
Cultural Soup poster

A man makes soup with mayonnaise and dolls. McCarthy: "I was given access to a community televisio…

Cultural Soup

★ 0.0 1987

Class Fool poster

In a shamanistic, quasi-sexual ritual performance, McCarthy threw himself around a ketchup-spattere…

Class Fool

★ 0.0 1976

Sauce poster

The performance takes place in a small setting with an audience, but that's only a part of the artw…

Sauce

★ 0.0 1974