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DEMENTED PINHEADS |
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| The culmination of
Bailey"s series of cartoon character works of
1970 is the "Demented Pinhead"- 1970 (An
edition of 25 slip cast sculptures was made by
the artist).
The Demented Pinhead was inspired by Bill Elder's drawing of a mad scientist published in a 1952 issue of Mad Comics. The Pinhead usually holds an electric light bulb in his hand, and can be used as a lamp. Sometimes a light bulb rises out of his head like a perverse idea. A bit of ceramic brain sometimes oozes out of a crack in the Pinhead's skull. He has a large bulge in his crotch, and in some versions of this edition, his fly is unzipped and he holds his large penis in his hand. It is dripping with a creamy white glaze. In two "water fountain" versions of this sculpture, the Demented Pinhead stands on a platform and urinates or masterbates into a basin at his feet. It took Clayton Bailey two years:1970 to 1971 to cast the edition of 25 Pinheads.
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