Dan McCarthy - Freedom

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208 pagesEdited by Dan McCarthyText(s) by Mary Heilman, Peter Shire, Ugo Rondinone and Robin WintersForeword by Robert Sullivan28.6 x 23.6 cm Language: EnglishHardbackPublisher: Ri zzoli2024 The first comprehensive monograph surveying the expansive twenty-five-plus-year career of the highly influential artist, known for his rainbow-colored paintings, drawings, and emotive ceramic facepots.McCarthy is known for his gestural and intuitive artwork. His brightly colored paintings, with loose brushwork, depict figures in action: dancing, surfing, fishing, and skateboarding often against a rainbow-colored background. His ongoing series of ceramic facepots delight with their hand-built immediacy and invested emotionality. McCarthy who worked on fishing boats near Catalina Island and cites the Pacific Ocean as a lasting influence on his work. Show more