Sailor’s Meat
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Sailor’s Meat is an early, transgressive performance and video work by American artist Paul McCarthy that uses grotesque, bodily actions to critique consumer culture and social norms.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
performance artwork
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video artwork ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
bodily actions
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grotesque imagery ⓘ improvisation ⓘ performance for camera ⓘ self-degradation ⓘ shock tactics ⓘ use of food as material ⓘ |
| artisticGoal |
critique of consumer culture
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critique of social norms ⓘ destabilization of viewer expectations ⓘ exposure of repressed desires ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Paul McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
performance art
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video art ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a key early work in Paul McCarthy’s oeuvre
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frequently cited in discussions of abject and transgressive art ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American popular culture
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abjection ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social norms ⓘ the body ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
1960s and 1970s performance art
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Fluxus NERFINISHED ⓘ Happenings NERFINISHED ⓘ Viennese Actionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
live performance
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video ⓘ |
| movement |
body art
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conceptual art ⓘ postminimalism ⓘ transgressive art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
confrontational relationship with the viewer
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early example of Paul McCarthy’s transgressive style ⓘ extreme, messy actions involving food and bodily fluids ⓘ use of the artist’s own body as primary medium ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul McCarthy’s early performance works ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
collapse of boundaries between art and life
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commodification of the body ⓘ critique of American mass media imagery ⓘ taboo and disgust ⓘ |
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