Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE (b. 1950, Manchester, UK) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, and occultist. After rising to notability as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and then fronting the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, BREYER P-ORRIDGE was a founding member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth occult group, and fronted the experimental band Psychic TV. BREYER P-ORRIDGE has been cited as an icon within the avant-garde art scene, accrued a cult following, and been given the moniker of the “Godperson of Industrial Music”. Select solo exhibitions include Invisible-Exports, Participant Inc., TEAM Gallery, The Rubin Museum, New York; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg; Los Angeles Institute Of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, USA; Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, Switzerland; Christine Konig Galerie, Vienna, Austria; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium; Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; Institute Of Contempoary Arts, Royal College Of Art, London, UK. P-Orridge’s works can be found in collections such as The Getty Museum Archives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Tate, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK; Museo d’Arte Moderna, Caracas, Venezuela; amongst others. Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE currenly lives in New York, USA.
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Untitled
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Untitled, 2004
Polaroid
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Untitled
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Untitled, 2004
Polaroid
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What Is More Terrifying
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – What Is More Terrifying, 2016
C-prints, graphite
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE
Val
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Val, !993
Mixed Media
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Death
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Death, 2009
Mixed Media
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S/he is Her/e
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – S/he is Her/e, Undated
Mixed Media
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Lip Service
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Lip Service, 2009
Mixed Media
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Mandrake
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Mandrake, Undated
Mixed Media
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Music
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Music, 2002
Mixed media
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Blue Blood Virus
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Blue Blood Virus, 2016
Postcards, polaroid, c-prints, inkjet print, heroin bags
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The Howler
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – The Howler, 2016
Carbon print, ballpoint pen, marker, c-prints, Nepalese badge
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Shoe Horn #9
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Shoe Horn #9, 2016
Dominatrix shoe, ram horn, vodun iron python, dried feeder fish, glitter, Nepalese printing block
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE
Shoe Horn #7
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Shoe Horn #7, 2015
Horn, dominatrix shoe, Nepalese febric-printing square, skull, feathers, vodun relic, fur
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE
Shoe Horn #6
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Shoe Horn #6, 2015
Horn, dominatrix shoe, Nepalese fabric-printing square, skull, feathers, Nepalese candle, gemstones, fur
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE
Shoe Horn #4
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Shoe Horn #4, 2014
Ram Horn, shoe worn by Genesis as Lady Sarah, sting ray skin, ermine fur, bone, Nepalese fabric-printing square, brass netting, copper ball
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE
Shoe Horn #3
Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE – Shoe Horn #3, 2014
Ram horn, shoe worn by Genesis as Lady Sarah (he/r dominatrix persona), sting ray skin, ermine fur, bone, Nepalese fabric-printing square, brass netting, copper ball