HUMOR, IRONY AND WIT: Ceramic Funk from the Sixties and Beyond
Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center
February 27 through June 5, 2004
image credit: Patty Warashina, What's That Falling from the Sky, 1980. Ceramic and plexi glass shards. Collection of the ASU Art Museum; Gift of Jay and Joyce Cooper.
PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, February 29
Gala Weekend
February 27 through February 29*click on the above image link for full
details of weekend activities
*click on the above image link for full details of weekend activities
HUMOR, IRONY AND WIT: Ceramic Funk from the Sixties and Beyond
Drawn from the Ceramics Research Center's permanent collection as well as other private and public collections, this exhibition unfolds the compelling and often humorous story of the development of Funk ceramics that emerged from the San Francisco Bay area during the 1960s. Robert Arneson led the charge of this movement from the University of California, Davis. Some of his students included David Gilhooly, Richard Notkin, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher and Margaret Dodd. The artists showed little respect for traditional craftsmanship in pottery and created work that drew inspiration from Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art and the Beat culture. The term Funk was coined in 1966 by Peter Selz for a show he organized at the University of California Art Museum in Berkeley, California.
Artists in the Exhibition
Robert Arneson, Clayton Bailey, Fred Bauer, Margaret Dodd, David Gilhooly,
Stephen Kaltenbach, Richard Notkin, Tom Rippon, Richard Shaw, Chris Unterseher,
Peter Vandenberge and Patti Warashina.
Presentation
Organized by Peter Held, HUMOR, IRONY AND WIT: Ceramic Funk from the
Sixties and Beyond will be installed in the ASU Art Museum's Ceramics
Research Center location.
Duration
HUMOR, IRONY AND WIT: Ceramic Funk from the Sixties and Beyond (February 27 – June 5, 2004) is open at the Ceramics Research Center:
Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by CLA (Ceramics
Leaders of ASU) and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.