Black and White III & Color Compilation
Presenting two collections of the artist’s earliest video works, Black and White III and Color Compilation, this program showcases McCarthy’s interests in Structuralist film and foundational experiments in performance for the camera. An in-person introduction by artist Barbara T. Smith precedes the screening.
(Black and White III [Ma Bell; Face Painting—Floor, White Line; Split—While holding the camera; Spinning, short version; Whipping the Wall with Paint; Basement Tapes: Up Down Penis Show, Zippedy Doo Dance, Icicle Slobber, Pipe Shadow, Upside Down Spitting “Bat,” Semen Drawing, Spitting on the Camera Lens, Upside Down Pipe; Whipping a Wall and a Window with Paint; Spit Dicking I; Karen Ketchup Dream #1; Spit Dicking II; Pissing, Microphone; Ass End I; Ass End II], 1971–75, dir. Paul McCarthy, 78 min.
Color Compilation [Heinz Ketchup Sauce; Glass; Basement Clown; Rattle Head; Mother/Father; Slapper; Spit Smear Face], 1974–75, dir. Paul McCarthy, 46 min.)
This event is presented by the Hammer Museum at UCLA.
Event Date: Thursday, FEb. 6, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
Price: Free tickets are required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program. One ticket per person; first come, first served.
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.
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