bruce bickford where you been all my life?
If you’re not familiar with the mind-bending claymation of Bruce Bickford, time to get acquainted. Some of his models and a film, “Prometheus’ Garden,” are included in the new exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum, “Home and Beast” (that’s my longtime buddy Clyde Jones on AVAM’s front page — his critters are in the show too). “Prometheus” is a nightmarish, fantastical nonstop flood of shocking metamorphoses — people into faces into trees into thrones into what-have-you. I was picking up my jaw from the floor every 20 seconds or so. Unfortunately it’s not available on DVD, but you can get a documentary about Bickford, as well as the Frank Zappa DVD Baby Snakes, which features some of Bickford’s work. (Clip here, not at all safe for work!)