Michael Bevilacqua

Mush Mouth
2010

A mixed media artwork featuring a stylized figure with a skull-like face and mismatched eyes, wearing a suit. The background consists of various abstract elements, including cardboard pieces with the letters "D O P E" and the word "HOODS" spray-painted in black. The composition is a collage of different textures and colors, with drips of paint and expressive marks throughout. The piece is framed and mounted on a wall.
A mixed media artwork featuring a stylized figure with a skull-like face and mismatched eyes, wearing a suit. The background consists of various abstract elements, including cardboard pieces with the letters "D O P E" and the word "HOODS" spray-painted in black. The composition is a collage of different textures and colors, with drips of paint and expressive marks throughout. The piece is framed and mounted on a wall.

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Date
2010

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Acrylic, spray paint, paper, oil stick, fiber-tipped pen, wax crayon, graphite pencil, glue, photocopy, cut-outs, and tape on board

Dimensions
Mount (board, sight): 70 5/8 × 45 1/8in. (179.4 × 114.6 cm)

Accession number
2011.63a-b

Series
Amphetamine Logic/Placebo Effect

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Michael Bevilacqua

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Michael Bevilacqua
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