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Bill Barminski (born November 26, 1962) is an American artist and filmmaker born in Chicago, Illinois. His work has been part of creative projects such as Banksy's Dismaland and ''The Cunning Little Vixen'', a new production of the Leoš Janáček opera involving the Cleveland Orchestra. == Life and art == Barminski moved with his family to Fort Worth, Texas, while still very young and it was there that he spent most of his formative years. While attending the The University of Texas at Austin as an art major, he was a contributor of satirical cartoons to the student newspaper, ''The Daily Texan''. The cartoon strip, entitled "King of the Pre-Fab", featured Dick Nixon, a used car salesman and campus gadfly. Despite repeated efforts by the student's association to have him removed, Barminski went on to create the underground comicbook, "Tex Hitler, Fascist Gun in the West".〔http://bp1.blogger.com/_CjQl5EAPz84/RsDpaiPprKI/AAAAAAAACQQ/k2zRcvS9di4/s1600-h/Tex.gif〕 Author and cultural critic, Greil Marcus mentions this character in ''Artforum'': "What's most remarkable about Bill Barminski's "Fascist Gun in the West" is how quickly and completely it pulls you into its twisted, yet utterly familiar little world". After dropping out of art school in 1985, Barminski moved to Los Angeles where he continued to produce his hand-bound comic books. He began in earnest to paint. His first show in 1986 in a downtown L.A. gallery, ''Oranges/Sardines'', created a minor sensation and resulted in modest sales. His work caught the eye of record producer, Scott Arundale, who commissioned him to create the album cover for an Industrial/Tribal band, ("Death Ride '69" ). The image of Elvis Presley as Jesus Christ was later acknowledged and reprinted in the Greil Marcus book, ''Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession'' (1991), about the phenomenon of the Rock 'n' Roll icon in the years since his death. The themes and style of his work critique mass media and consumer culture. His exhibitions usually contain installation elements showcasing a video work produced for each show. His richly textured paintings have been reviewed in numerous publications such as ''Flash Art'', ''Art in America'', ''ARTnews'', ''Visions Art Quarterly'', ''New American Paintings'',〔http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/〕 and the ''LA Weekly''.〔http://www.laweekly.com/〕 Tobey Crockett describes his work in a 1996 article for ''Art in America'': "The advertising-derived images that Barminski incorporates into his paintings are meant to evoke postwar America. Like filmmaker David Lynch and others, Barminski is interested in the ominously surreal side of the good life."〔http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n3_v84/ai_18119086/pg_1 Art in America〕 Bill Barminski's paintings are prominently featured in the movie ''Horseplayer'' (1990). The film stars Brad Dourif as a homicidal artist living in downtown Los Angeles and Barminski makes a cameo appearance. His paintings have adorned the walls of several feature films including ''Sliver'' (1993) and ''Zero Effect'' (1998) as well as the TV show, ''Friends''. In 1996, he designed the album art for the School of Fish recording, "Human Cannonball". In 1998, Barminski is credited with designing the largest and most expensive (billboard ) ever commissioned by Absolut Vodka which remained on the Sunset strip for over two years. More recently Barminski has created artwork and sculpture in cardboard. In 2011 he was part of a show in London at POW Gallery that featured artists Evol, Tilt, Dran, Paul Insect, Jimmy Caulty, Banksy and others. In 2014 Barminski collaborated with opera director Yuval Sharon to create an innovative version of Leoš Janáček's opera ''The Cunning Little Vixen''. Performed by the Cleveland Orchestra at the Severance Hall and conducted by Franz Welser-Möst the production returned the opera to its comic-strip roots, Janáček was inspired by a daily comic strip that followed the adventures of a female fox called Sharp Ears. Barminski and Christopher Louie created a hand-drawn animated world that captured the simple yet beautiful world of the Cunning Little Vixen. In 2015, Barminski was part of Banksy's Dismaland art show along with artists Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Escif and others. For Dismaland he created a cardboard security entrance that every visitor to the park had to enter through. Since 1998, Bill Barminski has taught digital art and design at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Barminski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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