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The Artwork
of
James G. Mundie
James
on-going series of drawings called Prodigies
features portraits of 'anomalous humans' - sometimes
called "monstrosities" or "freaks" - in contexts
borrowed from artworks of centuries past.
In the spirit of the circus or carnival sideshow, where
even a three-legged man would be re-invented to appear
more interesting, James
has created new 'histories' for his subjects in which
fact and fancy are liberally mingled. The resulting
images confront the viewer with something that at once
seems familiar, humorous and startling.
The freakshow, with its quasi-religious overtones, has a
theatrical heritage of stylized performance and
presentation that dates back many centuries. Very often,
a great deal of fraud was involved, but this seemed only
to delight patrons all the more.
Now Step Right this Way to Experience the
Fine Art
of
James G. Mundie
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The Bathers
Pen and Ink
9 x 7 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998
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Lady Anne
Pen and Ink
9.5 x 7.5 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998
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Marriage
Emmitt & Percilla
Pen and
Ink
9 x
6.25 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998 |
A Pinhead for H.H.
Pen and Ink
9.5 x 7.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 1998 |
The Seamstress
Pen and Ink
11 x 6 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998 |
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Dutch Still Life
with Prince Nicholai
Pen and Ink
9.5 x 8 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998 |
Twins for the
Master of the Parrot
Pen and Ink
9 x 8 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998 |
Two-Headed Boy of
Bengal by Candlelight
Pen and Ink
9.5 x 7.5 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1998 |
Doña Lucia Zarate
Pen and Ink
9 x 7.5 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Francesco Lentini
as a Lutenist
Pen and Ink
9 x 7.5 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
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Horned Man of China
Pen and Ink
9 x 6.5 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
The Masters Tocci
Pen and Ink
9 x 7.25 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Midway Rubenesque
Pen and Ink
8.75 x 6 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Myrtle Corbin at the Moulin Rouge
Pen and Ink
6 x 8 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Nova Scotia Giantess
& the Lilliputian King
Pen and Ink
11 x
7 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
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Olympia
(Betty Lou Williams)
Pen and Ink
7.25 x 8 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Portrait of Lazarus
and Joannes Baptista Colloredo
Pen and Ink
9.5 x
5.5 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Ritratto di Annie Jones
Pen and Ink
6 x 6.25 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999
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The Woman with the Fegee Mermaid
Pen and Ink
9
x 7 inches
© James G.
Mundie 1999 |
Andre Rousimoff
in the Guise of Saint Christopher
Pen and Ink
9.5
x 6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
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The Bohemian Sisters
Pen and Ink
5.75
x 6.25 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Cupid and the
Half-and-Half
Pen and Ink
6.25
x 10 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
The Elephant-Skinned Boy
Triumphant
Pen and Ink
7.75
x 4.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Koo-Koo of Ringling
Pen and Ink
9
x 6.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Portrait of an Amateur Pathologist
Pen and Ink
6.75
x 5.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
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Portrait of an
Elastic-Skinned Gentleman
Pen and Ink
8.75
x 7.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Portrait of Laloo
Pen and Ink
10
x
6.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Portrait of a Man
with a Parasitic Twin
Pen and Ink
8
x 6inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Princess Wee Wee Riding a Hound
Pen and Ink
5.75
x 4.5 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
The Proportions of Joseph Merrick (Recto)
Pen and Ink
9.75
x 7.25 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
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The Showman
and His Museum
Pen and Ink
9
x 6.75 inches
© James G. Mundie 2000 |
Two-headed Mexican
(Pasqual Pinon)
Pen and Ink
8 x
6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2002 |
Portrait of a
Thrice-thumbed Man
Pen and Ink
8
x 6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2003 |
Infanta Esau
Pen and Ink
10.75
x 7.75 inches
© James G. Mundie 2003 |
David Hoag (The Man Born Without a
Chin)
Pen and Ink
8.75
x 6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2004 |
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Portrait of Frieda Pushnik
and a Patron at a Casement
Pen and Ink
9
x 7 inches
© James G. Mundie 2004 |
Portrait of a Big-fingered Boy
Pen and Ink
8 x
6 inches
© James G.
Mundie 2004
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Three-eyed Man and Child
Pen and Ink
9 x 7 inches
© James G.
Mundie 2005
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The Whiskey Drinker (Irish Giant)
Pen and Ink
10 x 4.75 inches
© James G.
Mundie 2005
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The Wild Man Tending His Flock
Pen and Ink
6.5 x 9.25 inches
© James G.
Mundie 2005
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Carrie Akers
Pen and ink
8 x 7 inches
© James G.
Mundie 2005
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The Lady with the
Two-faced Kitten
Pen and Ink
8.5 x
6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Happy Jack Eckert as
Drunken Silenus
Pen and Ink
6.25 x
8 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Japanese Women with
Chrysanthemums
Pen and Ink
8.5 x
6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Portrait of Dudly
Foster and His Family
Pen and Ink
9
x 7 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Portrait of a Seal-limbed Woman (probably
Sadie Slitz)Pen
and Ink
8 x
6 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Arrangement in Grey
and Size 30 Shoes:
Portrait of Fanny Mills, the Ohio Big Foot Girl
Pen and Ink
9 x
8 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Young Lady with a
Parasitic Twin Wearing a Mantilla and Basquiña
Pen and Ink
9 x 8 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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J. R. Bass,
the Ossified Man
Pen and Ink
14 x 3.75 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006
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Now For Something Completely
Different
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Feejee Mermaid
Logo Created for
Sideshow World
© James G. Mundie 2006 |
Prodigies
Features portraits of
'anomalous humans' |
Handbill
4th Annual Sideshow Gathering,
© James G. Mundie 2005 |
Joseph Pujol
Ink drawing on paper,
11 x 9 inches
© James G. Mundie 2006 |
Conjoined
Woodcut
7 x 5 inches
© James G. Mundie
2002
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All Images and Text © James G. Mundie 2003 - 2007 •
Updated 2 November 2007
Posted here with the permission of
James G. Mundie
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