He is a man, but he’s also Devo.
MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., is hosting an exhibit of the art of Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the ’70s New Wave band Devo, through April 12. Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia is the first retrospective of the artist’s work from the beginning of his career in the early 1970s through present day.
This body of work presents a combination of cultural criticism and personal expression through drawings, films, paintings, sculpture and music
At once an artist, musician and tinkerer, Mothersbaugh offers his understanding of the current state of art with its fluid boundaries. Almost all of Mothersbaugh’s visual art originates with drawings on postcards, which he has been producing daily since the ’70s. His postcards, which now exceed 30,000, provide the basic imagery for his paintings, prints, rugs, videos and sculptures.
For more information, go to www.mcadenver.org/markmothersbaugh.php.
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