This summer, the MIA presents “Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia,” the most comprehensive presentation of the artist’s work to date. Known throughout the world as a founding member of the popular punk-rock band Devo, Mothersbaugh has been a prolific visual artist since before the band’s inception, creating a diverse body of work that includes drawings, sculptures, photographs, videos, prints, and rugs. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, this retrospective not only reveals Mothersbaugh’s distinct aesthetic sensibility between pop art and comic culture, but also his role as a pivotal figure in the history of contemporary art and indie culture. “Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia” opened in Minneapolis on June 18, 2015, and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring works spanning the artist’s career from the early 1970s through present-day. In his art and his music,
