- Stu Mead
Infobox Artist
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name = Stu Mead
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caption = Stu Mead, "Stageshow" 2006
birthname = Stuart Mead
birthdate = 1955
location =Iowa
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field = Painter
training =Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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awards =Stu Mead (b. 1955 in
Iowa ) is an American painter living in Germany. He is primarily-known for "girl art" incorporating strong elements of sexual fantasy and taboo themes, includingadolescent sexuality andshit . His work could be said to exist somewhere betweenBalthus and good-girl artist Bill Ward. His paintings were the subject of "The Late Great Aesthetic Taboos" http://www.stumead.com/textint_ghazi.html "The Late Great Aesthetic Taboos" by Ghazi Barakat cite book |last=Parfrey |first=Adam |title= Apocalypse Culture II |id=ISBN 90922915571] , an essay included as part of "Apocalypse Culture II " the controversial anthology published byFeral House .Publications
* "The Immortal MAN BAG Journal of Art" (with Frank Gaard), 1999 (Le Dernier Cri)
* "Miniput" , 2003 (Le Dernier Cri)
* "Devil's Milk" , 2005 (Le Dernier Cri)Work
elected Solo Exhibitions
*2006 "Portraits+", Videodrom, Berlin, Germany
*2005 Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
*2004Croxhapox , Ghent, Belgium
*2003Un Regard Moderne , Paris, France
*2003endart , Berlin, Germany
*1999 endart, Berlin, Germany
*1999 Un Regard Moderne, Paris, France
*1999 Kiehle Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
*1999 Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, USAelected Group Exhibitions
*2007 "Fantasy Circus", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
*2006 "BerlinTendenzen", Institut de Cultura La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
*2004 "When Love Turns to Poison", Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
*2003 "Please Don’t Make Me Cry", Curated byGeorgina Starr , Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, England
*2003 "Le Dernier Cri: Legendary Publishers of the International Underground", Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
*2003 Dicksmith Gallery, London, England
*2002 "Girls and Animals", Galerie Katze 5, Berlin, GermanyReferences
External links
* [http://www.stumead.com/ Stu Mead's Official Website]
* [http://www.no-art.info/mead/_memo-en.html NO! Art memo about Stu Mead]
* [http://www.konformist.com/2002/ac2-uncensored.htm Apocalypse Culture II uncensored]
* [http://www.stumead.com/textint_seconds.html 1997 interview with Steven Cerio originally published in Seconds magazine]
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