Robert Arneson - Funk Art
Robert Arneson (September 4, 1930 –
November 2, 1992) was an American sculptor and ceramicist who is
considered as the father of Funk Art, the anti-establishment movement
that incorporated a mélange of found objects, autobiographical subjects,
and humor. He was born on September 4, 1930 in Benicia, CA and studied
at California College of the Arts after working as a cartoonist for a
local newspaper. In 1962, he was appointed professor of ceramics at UC
Davis where he worked for nearly three decades, establishing the ceramic
sculpture program and thereby helping bring the previously maligned
medium into the realm of fine art. He is perhaps best remembered for his
Eggheads series, the bizarre sculptures of faces he installed around
the UC Davis campus. He died on November 2, 1992 in Benicia, CA from
liver cancer, and his works can be found in major institutions around
the world including including the Chicago Art Institute, the Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in
Washington, D.C. (artnet.com)
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