New York Live Arts Presents Wunderbaum's "Looking for Paul," a Performance About Paul McCarthy's Buttplug Gnome
New York Live Arts presents the premiere of Wunderbaum’s Looking for Paul, a genre-colliding work that questions art’s purpose, how it gets made, and the international funding systems that support its existence, all through the lens of Paul McCarthy’s controversial body of work.[http://engine.nectar
New York Live Arts presents the premiere of Wunderbaum’s Looking for Paul, a genre-colliding work that questions art’s purpose, how it gets made, and the international funding systems that support its existence, all through the lens of Paul McCarthy’s controversial body of work.
Rotterdam-based performance gang Wunderbaum is pulling no punches in its highly anticipated New York premiere. It’s Inez van Dam vs. “Kabouter Buttplug,” the notorious sculpture by McCarthy. Inez lived a simple, serene life in Rotterdam until the installation of the so-called “Buttplug Gnome.” Inez thinks this work of public art is ruining her street, her very life, and she’s heading to Los Angeles to track down McCarthy and take revenge. But can this defiant citizen defeat the indelible force of contemporary art? Who funded this so-called art anyway? Could her hard-earned taxes have contributed to this?
Wunderbaum has graciously invited Inez, en route to LA, to make her case in New York City. Designer Maarten van Otterdijk, along with actors and creators Walter Bart, Inez van Dam, Matijs Jansen, Maartje Remmers, Marleen Scholten, and guest Daniel Frankl, bring her story to life.
For tickets and information visit newyorklivearts.org.
