Mayo Thompson
Mayo Thompson (born February 26, 1944 in Houston , Texas) is an American musician and visual artist.
In 1966 he founded the avant-garde band Red Krayola with Frederick Barthelme and Steve Cunningham . In the early 1970s he lived in New York City, where he worked as a studio assistant for Robert Rauschenberg . In 1970 he released his only solo album, Corky's Debt To His Father, on the Texas Revolution label . It was reissued by Drag City in 2008 . Disaffected by the American art scene, he moved to London and joined the artist group Art & Language . On his initiative, the Red Krayola released an album together with Art & Language in 1976 under the name Corrected Slogans. In the 1980s he was a member of Pere Ubu's band . In 1983 he worked with the musicians Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank . The collaboration with Albert Oehlen began in the 1980s . He is also involved in albums by Sven-Åke Johansson and Rüdiger Carl .
From 1998 to 2008 he was a professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena .
Web links
- Mayo Thompson at the Buchholz Gallery
- Portrait (bomb)
- Red Krayola discography
- Mayo Thompson at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neil Cooper: Mayo Thompson: Well Red . Map Magazine. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
- ↑ Thompson's twins . Dallas Observer. June 17, 1999. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
- ↑ page A page A
- ↑ Book • Virtual COWWS
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thompson, Mayo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician and visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |