◄ Overview
Paul McCarthy
Tree Plug (Inflatable)
Dark humor, penetrating the depths of the human psyche: that is the stock in trade of Paul McCarthy, whose videos, sculpture, and performance works have appalled and enthralled viewers in equal measure since the 1970s. His most recent works have zeroed in on the weirdly jaunty, cartoonish design of sex toys, which he explores through his longstanding preoccupation with Christmas. Solid or inflatable, silvered or brightly colored, McCarthy gifts us raunchiness with a wicked grin.
Tearsheet
Artist
Paul McCarthy
Material
Vinyl (red matte), fan, unique in a series of 25 + 1 AP
Contributing Gallery
Hauser & Wirth
Date
2014
Dimensions
71.25 in × 35.375 in × 35.375 in
180.975 cm × 89.8525 cm × 89.8525 cm
ID
Image credit: Stefan Altenburger Photography Zürich
Tree Plug (Inflatable), 2014
71.25 in × 35.375 in × 35.375 in
Vinyl (red matte), fan, unique in a series of 25 + 1 AP
Hauser & Wirth
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Dark humor, penetrating the depths of the human psyche: that is the stock in trade of Paul McCarthy, whose videos, sculpture, and performance works have appalled and enthralled viewers in equal measure since the 1970s. His most recent works have zeroed in on the weirdly jaunty, cartoonish design of sex toys, which he explores through his longstanding preoccupation with Christmas. Solid or inflatable, silvered or brightly colored, McCarthy gifts us raunchiness with a wicked grin.