American Grotesque: The Life and Art of William Mortensen Edited by Larry Lytle and Michael Moynihan Feral House, 287 pp, $45 . .
His recent film Eighth Grade was a departure from his standup roots, and was not permanently shelved because it was inextricably linked to his grotesque personal life.
People were interested in my grotesque dating life, but then I started getting messages from angry men saying the messages were my fault—I must have somehow been leading them on, tricking them into sending me such messages.
Odds are that Adams rings a bell but that you've never heard of Mortensen, subject of a splendid new book, "American Grotesque: The Life and Art of William Mortensen," the most extensive work on one of the strangest and most compelling artists of the 20th century.
A painting attributed to the School of Caravaggio serves as a reasonable springboard for grotesque still-life reinterpretations by Glenn Brown and Mr. Currin.
He had eyes for the grotesque things of life, though in all fairness, given the current situation, he was provided ample opportunity to indulge his morbid curiosity.
"Look at those foreigners' pricks!" "Ooh, aren't gaijin white!" another exclaimed, as though she had never seen anything so grotesque in her life.
Shaping these vignettes to bring out all their grotesque and boisterous life (and there isn't a dud among them), Minghella demonstrates a talent for violence that he's never suggested before.
Tim Kaine, U.S. Senator Washington, D.C. Seymour M. Hersh's deeply felt article on My Lai speaks to the unrelenting harshness of war, especially for soldiers and survivors, and the ambiguity of justice after grotesque losses of life ("The Scene of the Crime," March 30th).
Tag-teaming with his appealingly antic protégé Meek Mill – with whom he conjured a rapport reminiscent of Ice Cube and Chris Tucker's in the "Friday" films -- Ross boomed out his majestic, occasionally grotesque accounts of life at the top.
