PAST EXHIBITION

Dennis McNulty: 1981 Pervert

Exhibition Type: Opening
July 2, 2009—August 22, 2009

Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art is pleased to present "1981 Pervert," an exhibition of new works in vinyl and acrylic by San Francisco-based Dennis McNulty.

McNulty re-engages the colors, shapes, and layouts of early 1980s men's magazine design, zeroing in on the genre's own re-engagement of the pinup icons of the 1940s and 1950s.  Mindful of the broader definitions of "pervert" as both noun and verb, McNulty distorts the quasi-underground tradition of pinup art, presenting it not as nostalgia or historical quotation, but as a subjective, personal aesthetic interpretation.

"[McNulty's] presentation . . . is beautifully funny."   

                                                       - S.F. Bay Guardian

 

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