{"id":7477,"date":"2018-04-12T10:32:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2018-04-12T11:35:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:35:23","slug":"paul-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/paul-mcmahon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McMahon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8064\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7477-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/PaulMcMahon.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/PaulMcMahon.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/PaulMcMahon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_7482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7482\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pr-guitar-for-card.jpg?resize=284%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pr-guitar-for-card.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pr-guitar-for-card.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pr-guitar-for-card.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: ethan hoffman-sadka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul McMahon (b. 1950, San Diego, CA) is a musician, artist, writer, producer, curator, minister, and part-time mailman. From 1972-75, he organized over 30 conceptual and performance art shows at Project Inc., his independently run temporary art space in Cambridge, MA. He has played in bands such as Daily Life and A Band, performed parodic routines in shows such as <em>I\u2019m With Stupid <\/em>at the Kitchen (NYC, 1977), and duelled one-liner jokes dressed as a giant potato on national TV against Soupy Sales.<\/p>\n<p>McMahon\u2019s work has been shown in select group and solo exhibitions including <em>Me <\/em>at 3A Gallery (NYC, 2015); <em>44 <\/em>at 321 Gallery (Brooklyn, NY, 2015); <em>The White Room <\/em>at White Columns (NYC, 1987); <em>The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 <\/em>curated by Douglas Eklund at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC, 2009); <em>All Suffering Soon To End! <\/em>at Callicoon Fine Arts Gallery (Callicoon, NY, 2009); <em>Stairway to Heaven <\/em>at Susan Inglett Gallery (NYC, 2010); and <em>Made in Rosendale <\/em>at Roos Arts (Rosendale, NY, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>McMahon has released ten albums of original music, published two books of humor, and performed as the Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll Therapist since 1980. He received a fellowship in New Genres from the National Endowment for the arts in 1990 and the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College acquired the Project Inc. archive in 2010. McMahon graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Pomona College in 1972 and received an MS in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>He had a Kundalini rising experience in 1988, and in 1993 the Goddess spoke inside his head and told him that he is King of the Universe. He is the proprietor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1437393376570445\/about\/\">Mothership<\/a>, an everything center in Woodstock, NY, where he lives and works with his twin girls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7483\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7483 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-no-title-20x16-2006.jpg?resize=650%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-no-title-20x16-2006.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-no-title-20x16-2006.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-no-title-20x16-2006.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-no-title-20x16-2006.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-no-title-20x16-2006.jpg?resize=559%2C420&amp;ssl=1 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">installation view on untitled dot painting\u00a0 20&#215;16&#8243;\u00a0 acrylic on wood\u00a0 2006 (series begun in 1978)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7484\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-installation-view.jpg?resize=650%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-installation-view.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-installation-view.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-installation-view.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-installation-view.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brainard-installation-view.jpg?resize=559%2C420&amp;ssl=1 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bedstock\u00a0\u00a0 installation shot of southern half of gallery space with study area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/PaulMcMahon.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listPaul McMahon (b. 1950, San Diego, CA) is a musician, artist, writer, producer, curator, minister, and part-time mailman. 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