Bill Barminski

Bill Barminski (born November 26, 1962) is an American artist and filmmaker born in Chicago, Illinois. His work has been part of creative projects such as Banksy's Dismaland and The Cunning Little Vixen, a new production of the Leoš Janáček opera involving the Cleveland Orchestra.

Life and art

Barminski moved with his family to Fort Worth, Texas, while still very young and it was there that he spent most of his formative years.

While attending the The University of Texas at Austin as an art major, he was a contributor of satirical cartoons to the student newspaper, The Daily Texan. The cartoon strip, entitled "King of the Pre-Fab", featured Dick Nixon, a used car salesman and campus gadfly. Despite repeated efforts by the student's association to have him removed, Barminski went on to create the underground comicbook, "Tex Hitler, Fascist Gun in the West". Author and cultural critic, Greil Marcus mentions this character in Artforum: "What's most remarkable about Bill Barminski's "Fascist Gun in the West" is how quickly and completely it pulls you into its twisted, yet utterly familiar little world".