Becoming Paul McCarthy: Yes, It’s About America (Part 3 of 3)

“Yes, it’s about America. It’s about America at this moment… But it’s also about the condition of the world.” We went to Los Angeles and visited Paul McCarthy, one of the most influential and groundbreaking contemporary American artists, known for his wide-ranging and often disturbing oeuvre. In this video, which is the third part of our series of three videos with McCarthy, he talks about delving into America’s dark side, holding up a “cracked mirror” to society. Together, the three videos offer a unique presentation of the artist’s work and artistic process. In this final part of our mini-series on the work of Paul McCarthy he reflects about one of his latest works, ‘CSSC: Coach Stage Stage Coach’ (2017), which is built upon clichés from old Hollywood Westerns such as ‘Stage Coach’ with John Wayne, which he finds is a “prime example of Hollywood western creating a myth about the West. A fucked-up myth. The colonialism, the imperialism of America. The atrocity of the American Indians… jus