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.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
LUO XIAOPING: Time Square Series
BEYOND BOUNDRIES: The Yixing Influence
on Contemporary American Ceramics
Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman
Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Craft
Embracing Night: New Ceramics by Farraday
Newsome Sredl
Ties That Bind: Ed Rossbach and Katherine
Westphal
The Edward Jacobson Collection of Turned-Wood
Bowls
Fragile Monuments: Paper Sculpture by Jyung
Mee Park
Contemporary Art Furniture:
Sam Maloof, John Cederquist, Wendy Maruyama
Frogs and Dogs: David Gilhooly and
Roy De Forest
For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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