![]() The films ran in the Oak Gallery, and were on show during regular exhibition opening hours. Images of various tattooed men were used as wall captions for works in the Hairy Who II exhibition in 1976, and many Imagist artists adopted tattoo designs in their works. The film is contemporaneous with the Imagist moment, and shows a similar fascination for the sub cultures of Chicago – Ed Pashke was directly influence by fairgrounds and the carnival performers that populated them. ![]() Quick cuts between frenetic shots of Riverview Park, in use and full of life, and later images of its demolition-in-progress lend to the carnival atmosphere. She then gives her carnival barker’s spiel one more time for the camera. Furella first tells how she used to work at the sideshow as a bearded lady but fell in love with a man who asked her to shave. The film is a portrait of its final occupant, Jean Furella, the tattooed lady. The once teeming Riverview Park in Chicago was shut down in 1967 (with Tom Palazzolo on hand to document the bitter end). Tom Palazzolo, the Tattooed Lady of Riverview Park, 1967 His manic and melancholic character navigates slippery language and vivid tableaux such as ‘blind justice’ ‘mis-carrying’ objects, to create an absurd physical comedy. Here, in his first complete video work, Kelley interprets a children’s TV character taken from Captain Kangaroo, basing his interpretations on others’ descriptions, having never watched the show himself. His irreverent use of humour and popular culture as a layered and powerful language, speaks to the Imagists own non-hierarchical approach to vernacular forms. A flamboyant counter-cultural ode to Chicago and artists working there, the action includes passages of surreal animation and satirises Mayor Daly’s heavy-handed governance of the city.Īrtist Mike Kelley has often cited Jim Nutt as being an influence on his work, particularly his painting on Plexiglass – which he read as humorous ripostes to Clement Greenberg’s search for flatness. Imagist Ed Flood acted as cinematographer, and it variously stars performances by artists Ed Paschke, Lori Gunn, Karl Wirsum, Sarah Canright, and Richard Hunt. “Everyday I sit on the steps of the Art Institute and watch the girls go by…” Tappy Toes, or the ‘last underground musical’, was shot in the 60s by fellow School of the Art Institute of Chicago artist Red Grooms. ![]() CBS canceled Captain Kangaroo at the end of 1984.Running in parallel to How Chicago! Imagists 1960s & 70s, the three-part cycle of film screenings aimed to convey the Imagist spirit, the city that inspired them, and the lasting influence they had on artists that came after, such as Mike Kelley. In September 1981, CBS shortened the hour-long show to a half-hour, briefly retitled it Wake Up with the Captain, and moved it to an earlier time slot it was moved to weekends in September 1982, and returned to an hour-long format. The May 17, 1971, episode had two major changes on the show: The Treasure House was renovated and renamed "The Captain's Place" and the Captain replaced his navy blue coat with a red coat. Keeshan performed as the Captain more than 9,000 times over the nearly 30-year run of the show. Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on NBC's The Howdy Doody Show during the network's early years.Ĭaptain Kangaroo had a loose structure, built around life in the "Treasure House" where the Captain (the name "kangaroo" came from the bigger pockets in his coat) would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. To this day I love arts and crafts, puppets, reading, and simple pleasures. Captain Kangaroo gave the children the best childhood gift in the 30 long years that it reigned on television. The show was conceived by Bob Keeshan, who also played the title character "Captain Kangaroo", and who based the show on "the warm relationship between grandparents and children". If Captain Kangaroo was making a village out of milk cartons construction paper, so was I. Back in the mid 1900s when children saw Bob Keeshan on TV, they knew they were in for a fun ride lasting an hour on that weekday morning. "Puffin' Billy" (The Captain Kangaroo Theme) (1955–1974).
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