Bold Comic Art For Adults Explores Political Satire And Pop Culture Icons (Raymond Pettibon) | Art21

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Raymond Pettibon, from the "Humor" episode in Season 2 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Humor" premiered in October 2003 on PBS.
Raymond Pettibon’s drawings and paintings pair text and image in provocative and sometimes disconcerting ways, creating a powerful comic art for adults. The characters of Gumby and Vavoom are recurring motifs in his work, but so are American presidents like Nixon and Reagan. Pettibon finds subjects for satire and social commentary in a broad range of images from popular culture.
Raymond Pettibon was born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1957. Learn more about the artist at: art21.org/arti...
Credits |
Created by: Susan Sollins & Susan Dowling. Executive Producer & Curator: Susan Sollins. Series Producer: Eve-Laure Moros Ortega. Associate Producer: Migs Wright. Assistant Curator: Wesley Miller. Production Manager: Alice Bertoni & Laura Recht. Production Coordinator: Kelly Shindler & Sara Simonson. Director of Education & Outreach: Jessica Hamlin. Producer: Catherine Tatge. Editor: Steven Wechsler. Host Segment Artist: Charles Atlas. Host: Margaret Cho. Host Segment Guest: Bruce Daniels. Director of Photography: Bob Elfstrom, Mead Hunt, Ken Kobland, Kirk Miller, & Joel Shapiro. Sound: Tom Bergin, Doug Dunderdale, Richard Fleming, Judith Karp, Mark Mandler, Martyn Truman, & Bill Wander. Gaffer/Grip: Ned Hallick, Cricket Peters, Andrew Wilson, & Jesse Wine. Assistant Camera: Jarred Alterman, Craig Feldman, Brian Hwang, & Kipjaz Savoie. Production Assistant: Eric Kutner, Ronny Merdinger, Dawn Watson, & Pamela Whidden. Assistant Avid Editors: Julie Farol, Geoff Gruetzmacher, Daniel Nelson, & Jeremy Siefer. Still Photography: Alice Bertoni & Bob Elfstrom.
Creative Consultant: Ed Sherin. Graphic Design & Animation: Open, New York. Animation, Visual Effects & Compositing: Spontaneous Combustion. On-Line Editor: Don Wyllie & Frame:Runner NYC. Composer: Peter Foley. Voice-Over Artist: Jace Alexander. Sound Editing: Margaret Crimmins, Greg Smith, & Dog Bark Sound. Sound Mix: Tony Volante & Soundtrack F/T. Animation Stand: Frank Ferrigno & Frame:Runner NYC.
Full credits available at art21.org/watc...
#RaymondPettibon #Humor #Art21

[@leeshiflett1863]

I was a 12 year old kid when I first discovered his work on a Black Flag record. Changed my perspective for sure.

[@PerryLevy]

Such an amazing look into this artist. I remember watching this and thinking he was so deliberate.

[@onitgraff]

I want the bottle girl drawing

[@adamwalker47]

The variety of topics is quite remarkable.

[@speeksasfada]

Cool man

[@FranzBubendorf]

I don't mean to be insensitive, but has Raymond had a stroke or some other medical mishap since the filming of this video? He seems far more withdrawn, to the point of catatonia, in every over video I have seen of him - it surprised me to see him so comparatively animated here.

[@nihowdy1]

Great artist, I recall this video when it first came out.

[@AGoodJoe]

As an artist, I totally get it. And yet, as an artist, I don’t get it at all.

[@liammcooper]

this is the coolest shit of all time

[@speeksasfada]

Lihb

[@snakefinger]

FUCKKK YEAH RAY !

[@nick28476]

Ginn-ius.