CSSC, Coach Stage Stage Coach, A&E, Adolf/Adam & Eva/Eve, Samples presents recent paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographic stills by Paul McCarthy centers on a cycle of large canvases that affirm his command of painting. Drawing from ongoing video projects, he stages a charged multiverse where Adam and Eve, Adolf and Eva, pirates, bankers, and dogs collide in scenes of penetration, violence, and absurdity. Balancing hysteria and control, the work holds bodies in suspended catastrophe, where screaming and laughter verge on grace.
