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Funk art
Funk art. Term applied to a type of art that originated in California (specifically the San Francisco area) around 1960 in which tatty or sick subjects—often pornographic or scatological—are treated in a deliberately distasteful way (the word ‘funky’ has various meanings, including ‘smelly'; when applied to music it can mean ‘earthy’ or ‘authentic'). By the mid-1960s there was something approaching a Funk movement, and an exhibition called ‘Funk’ was held at the University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, in 1967. Although the first works of Funk art were paintings, its most characteristic products are three-dimensional—either sculpture or assemblage. Influenced by Dada and Pop art, Funk art was ‘dedicated to rude subversion of everything the New York scene stood for, especially its purist formalism, temple-like galleries, and priestly caste of critics … Funk artists … cultivated ephemeral as well as cheap materials, sloppy execution, weird eccentricity, and outrageously vulgar fun poked at everything sacred, from religion, patriotism, and pets, to art, sex, and politics’ ( Daniel Wheeler, Art Since Mid-Century, 1991). Edward Kienholz was the best-known practitioner of the genre and one of its most distinctive exponents was Robert Arneson (1930–92), who worked mainly in ceramics, creating, for example, painted sculptures of toilets (John with Art, Seattle Art Museum, 1964). Other exponents include Bruce Conner (1933– ) and Paul Thek (1933–88).
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IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-Funkart.html IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-Funkart.html |
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Funk art
Funk art. Term applied to a type of art that originated in California (specifically the San Francisco area) around 1960 in which tatty or sick subjects—often pornographic or scatological—are treated in a deliberately distasteful way (the word ‘funky’ has various meanings, including ‘smelly’; when applied to music it can mean ‘earthy’ or ‘authentic’). Such art has been seen as a subversive reaction against the seriousness of Abstract Expressionism and the New York art scene in general. Although the first Funk works were paintings, its most characteristic products are three-dimensional, either sculpture or assemblages. Edward Kienholz was the best-known practitioner of the genre.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Funkart.html IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Funkart.html |
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Funk art
Funk art. Term applied to a type of art that originated in California (specifically the San Francisco area) around 1960 in which tatty or sick subjects—often pornographic or scatological—are treated in a deliberately distasteful way (the word ‘funky’ has various meanings, including ‘smelly’; when applied to music it can mean ‘earthy’ or ‘authentic’). Such art has been seen as a subversive reaction against the seriousness of Abstract Expressionism and the New York art scene in general. Although the first funk works were paintings, its most characteristic products are three-dimensional, either sculpture or assemblages. Edward Kienholz is the best-known practitioner of the genre.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Funkart.html IAN CHILVERS. "Funk art." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Funkart.html |
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