Meet the Artist: Mingering Mike on His Creative Process and Artistic Inspirations

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Meet the Artist: Mingering Mike on His Creative Process and Artistic Inspirations

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In 2013, the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired a collection of over 150 artworks made between 1969 and 1976 by a self–taught Washington, D.C. artist known only by his alter-ego, Mingering Mike. During his rare media appearances, the artist always wears a disguise in order to maintain his anonymity. The Mingering Mike collection comprises artworks constructed as part of the artist’s youthful fantasy of becoming a famous soul singer and songwriter, including LP albums made from painted cardboard, original album art, song lyrics and liner notes, and self-recorded 45 rpm singles. For more on Mingering Mike, check out “Can Mike Really Sing?,” an episode of SAAM’s web series “Re:Frame”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mR2au6ZGR0

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2 min 33 sec

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2019-08-20T20:14:19.000Z

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Art, American

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