Karl Wirsum, Hairy Who Artist with Eccentric Style, Has Died at 81
The artist's offbeat creations drew equally on European modernism, comic books, and non-Western art.
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The nine gridded faces in Karl Wirsum’s human-scale, black-and-red acrylic drawing Marcel Dude Champ(ca. 1979) bear a strong resemblance to one another, but close inspection reveals nine unique pairs…
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1,000 Miles From Normal: The Hairy Who Artists on Their Comic Books and Their Countercultural Energy
Five of the six members talk art, history at Matthew Marks
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Hairy Who: Funky, Folky and Still Fresh
Who doesn't love the Hairy Who? That's the implicit message of Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists, a new documentary film directed by Leslie Buchbinder, the daughter of Chicago collectors Henry and…
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From the Archives: An Interview with Roger Brown
Roger Brown's paintings feature subjects drawn from the everyday environment, simplified and stylized form, silhouetted figures, indirect lighting, and a disturbing, even threatening narrative…
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