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Joe Rush
Joe Rush

Joe Rush influenced by the film 'Mad Max' and 'Judge Dredd' comics, was the co-originator of the travelling multi media art group Mutoid Waste Company, an underground art collective who specialised in building large scale Installation art out of waste material....
 (born 1960) influenced by the film 'Mad Max' and 'Judge Dredd' comics, was the co-originator of the travelling multi media art group Mutoid Waste Company
Mutoid Waste Company

The Mutoid Waste Company was founded by Joe Rush and Robin Cooke in the early 1980s. Influenced by the movie Mad Max and the popular Judge Dredd comics, they specialised in organising illegal parties in London throughout the eighties, driven at first by eclectic assortments of fringe music such as psychedelic rock and dub reggae, but then...
, an underground art
Underground art

Underground art, as with underground music, is a term used to describe art forms that have developed a cult following, independent of commercial success....
 collective who specialised in building large scale installations
Installation art

Installation art is the use of sculptural materials and other interesting material to transform a space or, argueably, an area. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces....
 out of waste material. Throughout the eighties he built techno-industrial sculptures at parties and festivals, and then travelled across both Western and Eastern Europe to continue the work.






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Joe Rush
Joe Rush

Joe Rush influenced by the film 'Mad Max' and 'Judge Dredd' comics, was the co-originator of the travelling multi media art group Mutoid Waste Company, an underground art collective who specialised in building large scale Installation art out of waste material....
 (born 1960) influenced by the film 'Mad Max' and 'Judge Dredd' comics, was the co-originator of the travelling multi media art group Mutoid Waste Company
Mutoid Waste Company

The Mutoid Waste Company was founded by Joe Rush and Robin Cooke in the early 1980s. Influenced by the movie Mad Max and the popular Judge Dredd comics, they specialised in organising illegal parties in London throughout the eighties, driven at first by eclectic assortments of fringe music such as psychedelic rock and dub reggae, but then...
, an underground art
Underground art

Underground art, as with underground music, is a term used to describe art forms that have developed a cult following, independent of commercial success....
 collective who specialised in building large scale installations
Installation art

Installation art is the use of sculptural materials and other interesting material to transform a space or, argueably, an area. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces....
 out of waste material. Throughout the eighties he built techno-industrial sculptures at parties and festivals, and then travelled across both Western and Eastern Europe to continue the work. From making a "car henge" at Glastonbury (stone circle made out of cars), he progressed to using armoured personnel carriers and fighter planes in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a physical separation barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic , including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcated the border between East and West Germany....
. Joe is one of the most innovative and influential artists in the UK. After leaving Britain for many years, he returned to the UK where he and his crew became involved with robotics and animation, as well as organising Mutoid Waste Company projects around the world. He seldom washes, and many colleagues have remarked that he is somewhat odorous.

He is not to be confused with Joe Rush
Joe Rush

Joe Rush influenced by the film 'Mad Max' and 'Judge Dredd' comics, was the co-originator of the travelling multi media art group Mutoid Waste Company, an underground art collective who specialised in building large scale Installation art out of waste material....
, British washboard player and percussionist, who has played with Good Earth, Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry

Mungo Jerry are an England folk/classic rock band whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset....
, and the King Earl Boogie Band.

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