Mike Bidlo

Mike Bidlo (born 20 October 1953) is an American painter, sculptor and performance artist. Mike Bidlo was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied at the University of Illinois and at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. Bidlo's first solo show in 1982, entitled Jack the Dripper at Peg's Place, was part exhibition and part performance. The show was based on the 1950 Hans Namuth film of Jackson Pollock at work, and comprising a series... more

Mike Bidlo (born 20 October 1953) is an American painter, sculptor and performance artist. Mike Bidlo was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied at the University of Illinois and at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. Bidlo's first solo show in 1982, entitled Jack the Dripper at Peg's Place, was part exhibition and part performance. The show was based on the 1950 Hans Namuth film of Jackson Pollock at work, and comprising a series of highly accurate replicas of Pollock's drip paintings, complete with a re-enactment of Pollock's famous act of urinating into Peggy Guggenheim’s fireplace. Bidlo followed this show with a series of performance works, leading to him being initially regarded primarily as a performance artist. He is best known today, however, as a strong devotee of 20th century modern art and his incredibly accurate replication of the works of significant modernist artists, including Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Warhol and Brâncuşi. In 1984 he recreated Warhol’s... less