Canon Senol Odalisque (1998) installation. Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Ed and Nancy Kienholz The Hoerengracht (Whore’s Canal) (1983-88) Installation, mixed media.
Keeping with the theme of the weird and the wacky, another installation piece by the husband and wife team, Ed and Nancy Kienholz.
This was in the National Gallery in 2009, taking up the entire Sunley Room, where I first saw it. You want to walk up and down the constructed rooms over and over again like a real street.
Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy Piccadilly Circus (2003) Performance, video, installation, photographs
Photo: Ann-Marie Rounkle
Reminiscent of Hans Bellmer’s erotic broken dolls.
Paul McCarthy Basement Bunker (2003) Performance, video, installation, photographs
Photo: Ann-Marie Rounkle
Now here’s one of those really creepy-fantabulous examples I was referring to where sound, light and video contribute to the overall effect of the piece. Truly terrifying at some points.
Paul McCarthy Flowers (2005) Inflatable sculpture. Installation view, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany.
Photo: A. Burger