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Wunderbaum - Looking for Paul
First Preview: Nov 1, 2015
Opening Date: Nov 1, 2015
Closing Date: Nov 14, 2015
Running Time: 01:15
Playing @
New York Live Arts
219 West 19th Street, New York City, NY 10011
Rotterdam based performance gang Wunderbaum is pulling no punches in their highly anticipated New York premiere.
It’s Inez van Dam vs. Kabouter Buttplug, the notorious sculpture by infamous artist Paul McCarthy. Inez lived a simple, serene life in Rotterdam until the installation of the so-called ‘Buttplug Gnome’. Inez thinks this work of public art is ruining her street, her very life, and she’s heading to Los Angeles to track down McCarthy and take revenge. But can this defiant citizen defeat the indelible force of contemporary art? Who funded this so-called art anyway? Could her hard-earned taxes have contributed to this?
Wunderbaum has graciously invited Inez, en route to LA, to make her case in New York City. Designer Maarten van Otterdijk, along with actors and creators Walter Bart, Inez van Dam, Matijs Jansen, Maartje Remmers, Marleen Scholten and guest Daniel Frankl, bring her story to life.
Live Arts presents the New York City premiere of Looking for Paul, a genre-colliding work that questions art’s purpose, how it gets made, and the international funding systems that support its existence through the lens of McCarthy’s controversial work.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
It’s Inez van Dam vs. Kabouter Buttplug, the notorious sculpture by infamous artist Paul McCarthy. Inez lived a simple, serene life in Rotterdam until the installation of the so-called ‘Buttplug Gnome’. Inez thinks this work of public art is ruining her street, her very life, and she’s heading to Los Angeles to track down McCarthy and take revenge. But can this defiant citizen defeat the indelible force of contemporary art? Who funded this so-called art anyway? Could her hard-earned taxes have contributed to this?
Wunderbaum has graciously invited Inez, en route to LA, to make her case in New York City. Designer Maarten van Otterdijk, along with actors and creators Walter Bart, Inez van Dam, Matijs Jansen, Maartje Remmers, Marleen Scholten and guest Daniel Frankl, bring her story to life.
Live Arts presents the New York City premiere of Looking for Paul, a genre-colliding work that questions art’s purpose, how it gets made, and the international funding systems that support its existence through the lens of McCarthy’s controversial work.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Performance contains mature content.
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Accessibility
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Box Office
Lobby level; accessible -
Restroom
The ground floor restrooms and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Elevator/Escalator
Elevator to all floors -
Telephone
None on premises -
Entrance
The lobby is accessible via the double doors to the left of the revolving door at 219 W 19th Street. -
Wheelchair Info
The first floor lobby is a communal public space and wheelchair accessible via the street facing double doors next to the main entrance at 219 W 19th Street. Theater, dressing rooms and 3rd floor studios are accessible by elevator. Restrooms throughout the building and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Folding Armrests
None available -
Parking
Street parking only -
Water Fountain
Lobby level; wheelchair accessible








