The Visual Art of Mark Mothersbaugh
It's a beautiful world for you and for Mark "We Are Not Men, We Are Devo" Mothersbaugh. While children of the '80s may know him for his flowerpot-headed punk band, Mothersbaugh has been creating rubber stamp designs, ink illustrations, screen printing, decals, and mail art since he was a kid. His current illustrations are organized into two galleries on this site. The Postcard
Diaries represent an "obsessive habit/hobby" where he's been drawing about one a day for 30 some odd years. Whether mixing Mexican
wrestling with medical diagrams, making subtle political
statements, or creating wacky characters,
each postcard is colorful and tinged with a vintage advertising feel.
The Beautiful
Mutants gallery takes old photographs and turns them into weird Rorschach test-style distortions "using a combination of both antiquarian hand-crafting and modern computer technology." Pug #1 barely looks like a dog, and Pirate
Jack has become one psychedelic Chihuahua. The Rotten
Lads appear disturbingly undisturbed, as does the Bride
With Calla Lilies. If you're through being cool, you can buy one of these hot potatoes for yourself. Whip it good, indeed.
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