Oct 29, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: The Beautiful, Goofy Art of Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh

Richard Peterson
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Mark Mothersbaugh and Adam Lerner
Mothersbaugh (left) with Adam Lerner, who edited the book.
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*Self-Portrait as Clown* (1987)

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*022 Punishment Room* (1988)
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*Mothersbaugh Record* (1969)

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*My Math Professor, Bolich Junior High* (1999-2007)
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*Cyclo-Augen Pet* (2004)

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*Hand Some Man* (2004)
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*Mutatum* (2012), one of the works included in *Myopia*, which collects the Devo cofounder's work.

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*The General* (2014)
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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A rug from Mothersbaugh's *Rugs During Wartime and Peacetime* exhibit in 2007.

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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*Freaked Pig* rug (2004)
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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One of Mothersbaugh's postcards.

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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One of Mothersbaugh's postcards.
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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One of Mothersbaugh's postcards.

Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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One of Mothersbaugh's postcards.
Mark Mothersbaugh/courtesy Princeton Architectural Press
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One of Mothersbaugh's postcards.

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