Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was an American sculptor who created very interesting work. Robert’s work was unique and stands out to others. He was known for his self-resemblance sculptures. The work of art I have chosen is a sculpture made by Robert. It resembles him, his face on a dog’s body. I chose this piece of art because it is very different, I have never seen an artist create work like this!

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was known for his sense of humor. He had many collections that were also featured in the Art Institute of Chicago. The Palace at 10am is currently on display at The Nelson Gallery

Robert Ameson

Robert Ameson was an american sculptor and ceramicist who is considered as the father of funk art and includes humor in his works. Most of his works included his face making different faces and on different bodies much like this one. 

Robert Arneson

Arneson was born in California He graduated from Benicia High School and spent much of his early life as a cartoonist for a local paper.  During the start of the 1960s, Arneson and several other California artists began to abandon the traditional manufacture of functional ceramic objects and instead began to make nonfunctional sculptures that made confrontational statements. The new movement was dubbed  Funk Art,  and Arneson is considered the father of the ceramic Funk Movement

Robert Arneson

I chose this piece because I enjoy typing on my computer. I could not imagine typing on one of these because of not having a backspace. I also enjoy how the "keys" look like fingers with nail polish on them. This piece was created in 1965. Additionally, I like the glaze that was used because it makes this typewriter look old. The gold hangings up top also pop because it looks metallic compared to the eath tone colors.

Robert Arneson

Robert Arneson was an American Sculptor and Ceramicist. He is considered to be the father of "funk art." He taught at UC Davis and among other schools. Much of his work includes self-portraits of him with different variations of disformities of his face. I chose this piece because I found it really creepy but yet interesting. I like the detail of the dog's body fur as well as his facial expression.

Robert Arneson

Hello everyone! This week we will be talking about Robert Arneson. Robert Arneson was born in California. He was an American sculptor and a professor of ceramics in the art department at UC Davis. A lot of his work contains many self portraits and even his large egghead sculptures bear a resemblance. I choose this piece below because the colors and realness stood out to me. I do not like how it is orange at the top of the head. I think that it should be a bit red to make it look like he is bleeding, but I understand that it is orange because the gun is shooting. This piece is very gruesome and something that should be in a horror movie.