Pat McCarthy (US)
Pat McCarthy, born 1987, lives and works in Brooklyn and Andes, New York. He works primarily in sculpture, zines, and video, as well as staging social happenings, many of which include making and serving food. McCarthy’s work traverses many mediums and disciplines to explore methods of storytelling.
Since 2012, much of his work is executed on his Brooklyn rooftop, engaging with the hundreds of domestic pigeons he is raising and flying. The cornerstone of his practice is the zine Born to Kill, begun in 2009 with 110 issues to date. Built by hand and printed on Xerox machines, the zines present poetic narratives of the experiments, constructions, and fugitive gestures of the artist.
McCarthy is a member of the collectives Satan Ceramics and 8 Ball Community. His work is in the collections of MoMA (New York), Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (Marseille), Museo Jumex (Mexico City) and many libraries and private collections internationally.
Paradise
25.08.2317.09.23
Pat McCarthy (US)
Overview image: Paradise
Overview image: Paradise
Overview image: Paradise
Works
Artwork: Paradise Stork (Wood Stork)
Pat McCarthy
Paradise Stork (Wood Stork) (2023)
Norwegian wood, foie gras and accoutrements
56 × 107 × 39 cm
Unique
Artwork: A Crown Vic from Carnegie Hall (Victoria Crowned Pigeon)
Pat McCarthy
A Crown Vic from Carnegie Hall (Victoria Crowned Pigeon) (2023)
Mixed media (Super 8 camera, fanzines, orange, broom, paint, epoxy resin, cork, earrings, plants from Brooklyn Botanic Garden, steel, oak, paper)
49 × 25 × 47 cm
Unique
Artwork: Beauty and the Beast (Great Cormorant with Rainbow Trout)
Pat McCarthy
Beauty and the Beast (Great Cormorant with Rainbow Trout) (2023)
Mixed media (pickaroon, Oregon pine, paint brush, woodstain, paint, hula girl, plumbers’ epoxy, steel, oak, paper)
65 × 18 × 30 cm
Unique
Artwork: Golden Pheasant
Pat McCarthy
Golden Pheasant (2023)
English porcelain, gold luster, earrings, steel, oak, paper
33 × 22 × 39 cm
Unique
Artwork: Sink Florida, Sink (Flamingo)
Pat McCarthy
Sink Florida, Sink (Flamingo) (2023)
English porcelain, paint, steel, oak, paper
50 × 21 × 40 cm
Unique
Artwork: Souvenir (Superb Bird-of-Paradise)
Pat McCarthy
Souvenir (Superb Bird-of-Paradise) (2023)
English porcelain, pith hat, seashells, steel, oak, paper
30 × 29 × 32 cm
Unique
Artwork: Diamond Dove
Pat McCarthy
Diamond Dove (2023)
English porcelain, white gold luster, steel, oak, paper
22 × 14 × 25 cm
Unique
Artwork: Fathers Killing Fathers (Capercaillie)
Pat McCarthy
Fathers Killing Fathers (Capercaillie) (2023)
English porcelain, leather, mushroom, earrings, bamboo, paint, baseball, steel, oak, paper
50 × 33 × 34 cm
Unique
Artwork: The Antartica War Song (South Georgia Pipit)
Pat McCarthy
The Antartica War Song (South Georgia Pipit) (2023)
Smith & Wesson pre-model 10, gold leaf, pigeon feather, paint, steel, oak, paper
26 × 21.5 × 28 cm
Unique