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dc.contributor.advisorColpitt, Frances J.
dc.contributor.authorWeininger, Amanda Nicoleen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T18:49:06Z
dc.date.available2014-07-22T18:49:06Z
dc.date.created2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifierUMI thesisen_US
dc.identifieretd-05212013-125738en_US
dc.identifierumi-10422en_US
dc.identifiercat-001996966en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/4511
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I analyze how Paul McCarthy participated in the subversion of the optimistic "sunshine sensibility" of the California art community's reputation through his excessively vulgar performance Sailor's Meat, Sailor's Delight from 1975. Through his rejection of decorum, modesty, and social codes, he metaphorically allowed the inside of the body to leak out and overrun society's rules of civilized behavior. Sailor's Meat, Sailor's Delight was a live performance that was recorded on video. Located in a corridor in an adjacent room, an audience watched McCarthy's performance on a television monitor set on a chair. The video and the television monitor not only document the performance, but also provide evidence of an evolving consumer culture. I analyze McCarthy's performance of Sailor's Meat, Sailor's Delight in terms of noir, a dark literature and film-based artistic sensibility that evolved in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s and affected the city's art world. Also influenced by Allan Kaprow's happenings, McCarthy developed a genre of performance incorporating a critique of gender roles, video documentation, and a manipulation of the audience. I also analyze his references to popular American food products, which simulate bodily fluids and flesh; the growing sexualization of food advertisements; and the Bow Bride film still from Russ Meyer's movie Europe in the Raw from 1963. I propose that the dark side of McCarthy's work parallels that of Viennese actionism. Finally, McCarthy's performances are typical of a noir sensibility that can also be seen in the work of Chris Burdenen_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Onlineen_US
dc.publisher[Fort Worth, Tex.] : Texas Christian University,en_US
dc.relation.ispartofTCU Master Thesisen_US
dc.relation.requiresMode of access: World Wide Web.en_US
dc.relation.requiresSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.en_US
dc.titleContagion : Paul McCarthy leaks outen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentCollege of Fine Arts
etd.degree.levelMaster
local.collegeCollege of Fine Arts
local.departmentArt
local.academicunitCollege of Fine Arts
dc.type.genreThesis
local.subjectareaArt
etd.degree.nameMaster of Arts


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