Pinocchio Twingo Service Stop | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

A little break in the life of Pinocchio Pipenose Householddilemma

Creator:

Paul McCarthy

Performer:

Paul McCarthy

Website:

//www.airdeparis.com/pino.htm

Occurence:

Places:

Station service Mobil

Starting date:

1994

Topology:

store/company/shopping mall

Organization:

Galerie Air de Paris

Background:

in the scope of shooting the video performance made a few streets away, at the Villa Arson.

Adress:

boulevard Gorbella

Nice

Description:

Paul McCarthy during the shooting of his video Pinocchio Pipenose Householddilemma at Villa Arson in Nice discovers the Twingo. Because of the themes tackled with by his work, he got really taken for this small car with a childish aspect, and decided to use it in a spontaneous action, dressed up as Pinocchio, in a gas station not far from there.

He inspects the motor, the exhaust tube and the gas tank with his turgescent nose, makes himself a penis by sticking the pump between his legs.