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'''Funk art''' is an art movement inspired by popular culture that used an unlikely mixture of materials and techniques, including found objects. It was a reaction against the nonobjectivity of [[abstract expressionism]]. The movement’s name is derived from the musical term ‘[[Funk|funky]]’, describing the passionate, sensuous, and quirky. It was a popular art form in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]], mainly in the United States. Funk artists treated their work with humour, confrontation, bawdyness and autobiographical references. They sought to reintroduce social responsibility into contemporary art. |
'''Funk art''' is an art movement inspired by popular culture that used an unlikely mixture of materials and techniques, including found objects. It was a reaction against the nonobjectivity of [[abstract expressionism]]. The movement’s name is derived from the musical term ‘[[Funk|funky]]’, describing the passionate, sensuous, and quirky. It was a popular art form in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]], mainly in the United States. Funk artists treated their work with humour, confrontation, bawdyness and autobiographical references. They sought to reintroduce social responsibility into contemporary art. |
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Non-functional ceramic art was an important element in the '''Funk art''' movement, especially in Regina and the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. The [[University of California, Davis]], was a center for the movement with many important artists in the Funk movement on faculty such as [[Robert Arneson]], [[Roy De Forest]], [[Manuel Neri]], and [[William T. Wiley]]<ref>Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Interview with Bruce Nauman http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/nauman80.htm</ref>. Students from [[University of California, Davis]] like [[Margaret Dodd]], [[David Gilhooly]], [[Chris Unterseher]] and [[Peter Vandenberge]], continued the tradition. |
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Other important funk artists include: |
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*[[Robert Hudson (art)|Robert Hudson]] |
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*[[Gladys Nilsson]] |
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*[[Jim Nutt]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 05:24, 4 January 2008
Funk art is an art movement inspired by popular culture that used an unlikely mixture of materials and techniques, including found objects. It was a reaction against the nonobjectivity of abstract expressionism. The movement’s name is derived from the musical term ‘funky’, describing the passionate, sensuous, and quirky. It was a popular art form in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in the United States. Funk artists treated their work with humour, confrontation, bawdyness and autobiographical references. They sought to reintroduce social responsibility into contemporary art.
Non-functional ceramic art was an important element in the Funk art movement, especially in Regina and the San Francisco Bay Area. The University of California, Davis, was a center for the movement with many important artists in the Funk movement on faculty such as Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, and William T. Wiley[1]. Students from University of California, Davis like Margaret Dodd, David Gilhooly, Chris Unterseher and Peter Vandenberge, continued the tradition.
Other important funk artists include:
References
- Dempsey, Amy, Styles, Schools and Movements, The Essential Encyclopaedic Guide to Modern Art, New York, Thames & Hudson, 2005.
- San Jose Museum of Art, The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration, San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, 2000.
- The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
Gallery of funk art
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I'm All A TWit, acrylic reverse painting on vinyl window shade with enamel on wood by Jim Nutt, 1969, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts -
'Small Glyptodont', glazed earthenware sculpture by David Gilhooly, 1969, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
- ^ Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Interview with Bruce Nauman http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/nauman80.htm