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Paul McCarthy

American performance and installation artist (born 1945)
Person human Q221732

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[28]
Date of birth
August 4, 1945
Place of birth
Salt Lake City
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
painter, sculptor, illustrator, video artist, installation artist, television producer, performance artist, creator, filmmaker, architectural drafter, photographer, artist, lecturer[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles
Field of work
performance art, art of sculpture, video art, installation art, art of drawing, painting[17][18][19][20][21][22]
Position held
professor emeritus
Educated at
University of Utah, USC Roski School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute[23]
Notable work
Tree, Santa Claus[24][25]
Genre
figurative art, conceptual art[30][31]
Work location
Los Angeles, San Francisco[34][35]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[41]
Academic appointment
UCLA Department of Art, 1988-
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, Paul McCarthy
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights, works protected by copyrights
Described by source
UbuWeb, mediakunst.net, V2 archive[38][39][40]
Different from
Paul McCarthy[46]
Family name
McCarthy[32]
Given name
Paul[33]
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Belvedere, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Van Abbemuseum, Frans Hals Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Hessel Museum of Art, Photography Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art
Member of
Paul McCarthy & Mike Kelley, Mike Bouchet & Paul Mccarthy[26][27]
Show all 29 facts +5
Movement
abject art[29]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/UCLA, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject New York Public Library, NADD Wikidata project
P14750
2373-9748-D92E-C209-FF38
Partner in business or sport
Mike Bouchet, Mike Kelley[36][37]
Represented by
Hauser & Wirth, Xavier Hufkens, Electronic Arts Intermix, Video Data Bank[42][43][44][45]
🏷️ Also known as
en Paul Mccarthy en Paul McCarthy en Paul MacCarthy ar باول مككارثي de Paul Mccarthy es Paul Mccarthy fa پل مک‌کارتی fr Paul Mccarthy ja ポール・マッカーシー nl Paul MacCarthy nl Paul McCarthy nl P. MacCarthy nl P. Mccarthy ru Маккарти, Пол ru Пол Маккарти zh 保罗·麦卡锡
🔖 Identifiers · 95
ISNI
0000000121444821
VIAF cluster ID
96539289, 100323817
Library of Congress authority ID
no96002509
GND ID
119555549
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Paul McCarthy — Westernparade (ii).jpg ↗
AbART person ID
9060
ArtBrokerage artist ID
Paul-McCarthy
Artcyclopedia artist ID
mccarthy_paul
Artist-info artist ID
22442
Artists of the World ID
40426667
Artnet artist ID
paul-maccarthy, paul-mccarthy
Artsy artist ID
paul-mccarthy
Show all 95 identifiers +83
Athenaeum person ID
11475
Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
1135
BIBSYS ID
6036923
Basis Wien person ID
16125
Belvedere artist ID
8769
Benezit ID
B00113196
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14405643j
Boijmans artist ID
25186
British Council artist ID
mccarthy-paul-1945
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
mccarthy-paul
CANTIC ID
981061097668106706
CONOR.SI ID
205382499
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
1007D2485
Christie's creator ID
34700
DACS ID (2022)
070387
DACS ID (former)
cadb2bd6-95ea-e711-8b59-000c29e811b2
DDB person (GND) ID
119555549
Described at URL
v2.nl
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119555549
DigitaltMuseum ID
021039689210
Discogs artist ID
458636
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
paul-mccarthy
Europeana entity
agent/base/98314
Evene ID
paul-mccarthy-18007
FAST ID
367608
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_119555549
Freebase ID
/m/067gps
GTAA ID
210178
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m067gps
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
paul-mccarthy
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0247836
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Paul_McCarthy
Grove Art Online ID
T096889
IMDb ID
nm4162879
IdRef ID
060964448
Invaluable.com person ID
rf5f3e5q08
Itaú Cultural ID
pessoa330367/paul-mccarthy
IxTheo authority ID
080372090
Japan Search name ID
ポール・マッカーシー
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119555549
KulturNav-ID
d7665e81-1645-40d6-b4d6-21e2fb2f1ca0
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
5926
LIMA media artist ID
9743
LastDodo-area-ID
1790281
Le Delarge artist ID
20274_artiste_MAC_CARTHY_Paul
Lex ID
Paul_McCarthy
Libris-URI
20dhlrfl0mhv9db
MACM artist ID
mccarthy-paul
MNCARS artist ID
mccarthy-paul
Met Constituent ID
101194
Munzinger person ID
00000025905
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
7637
MusicBrainz artist ID
bd7edc3c-1409-4076-8211-e6f89b9ef7ac
MutualArt artist ID
65F7EE29756CDE30
NE.se ID
paul-mccarthy
NL CR AUT ID
js20060714007
NLA Trove people ID
493489
NLP ID
a0000003180846
NUKAT ID
n2003062951
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
paul-mccarthy
National Library of Israel ID (old)
002284817
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007445149305171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810682509905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
240640470
Obálky knih ID
js20060714007
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
2401
Quora topic ID
Paul-McCarthy-4
RKDartists ID
131658
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
71570, 195455
SBN author ID
TO0V391495
SELIBR ID
275268
SNAC ARK ID
w6hx4d25
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
28963
Songkick artist ID
3973736
TMDB person ID
1497065
Tabakalera ID
72426
Tate artist ID
paul-mccarthy-2766
Union List of Artist Names ID
500115653
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
323008
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
5452
WikiTree person ID
McCarthy-8126
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjrtxRypcgTGXqpPhtJDD3
Yale LUX ID
person/b4b9f626-fc94-450e-81b2-9c6bd95448e2

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 13
artist, painter, photographer, sculptor, illustrator, television producer, filmmaker, creator +5 more
Has works in the collection 11
Museum of Modern Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Tate, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Belvedere, Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum +3 more
Field of work 6
painting, art of sculpture, performance art, video art, installation art, art of drawing
Educated at 3
University of Utah, San Francisco Art Institute, USC Roski School of Fine Arts
Genre 2
conceptual art, figurative art
Work location 2
Los Angeles, San Francisco
Copyright representative 1
Paul McCarthy
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
UbuWeb
Employer 1
University of California, Los Angeles
Family name 1
McCarthy
Given name 1
Paul
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
Santa Claus
Partner in business or sport 1
Mike Kelley
Place of birth 1
Salt Lake City
Position held 1
professor emeritus
Represented by 1
Hauser & Wirth
Sex or gender 1
male
← Copyright representative 1
Paul McCarthy
← Creator 1
Santa Claus
← Partner in business or sport 1
Mike Kelley
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Summary

Paul McCarthy was born on August 4, 1945[1], in Salt Lake City[2]. He has worked as a painter[3], sculptor[4], illustrator[5], video artist[6], and installation artist[7].

FAQs

Where was Paul McCarthy born?

Paul McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City[2].

What did Paul McCarthy do for work?

Paul McCarthy worked as a painter[3], sculptor[4], illustrator[5], video artist[6], and installation artist[7].

Where did Paul McCarthy go to school?

Paul McCarthy was educated at University of Utah[23].

Related Entities

Los Angeles Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art UbuWeb United States University of California, Los Angeles USC Roski School of Fine Arts Whitney Museum of American Art

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved . hammer.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . guggenheim.org. Retrieved . guggenheim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . guggenheim.org. Retrieved . guggenheim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [20] ↑ . guggenheim.org. Retrieved . guggenheim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved . hammer.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . guggenheim.org. Retrieved . guggenheim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . vanabbemuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [12] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [13] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [14] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [15] ↑ . V2 archive. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [16] ↑ . V2 archive. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . tate.org.uk. Retrieved . tate.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . guggenheim.org. Retrieved . guggenheim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . guggenheim.org. Retrieved . guggenheim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . ubu.com. Retrieved . ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . v2.nl. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . hauserwirth.com. Retrieved . hauserwirth.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . xavierhufkens.com. Retrieved . xavierhufkens.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . eai.org. Retrieved . eai.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . vdb.org. Retrieved . vdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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