Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Garth Johnson, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy

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Hirmer Verlag
16 June 2023

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Sculpture; Ceramics: artworks; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

The first book to connect the history of Funk Art to contemporary ceramic practice.

Funk You Too! arrives at a moment when clay has unprecedented currency in the art world as a sculptural medium. It is the first book to connect the history of Funk Art to contemporary ceramic practice through an exploration of the enduring role of humor in clay image-making. The founding generation of Funk artists used forms of subversion to deflate the power of the aesthetic hierarchy that dismissed ceramics as hobby art. Today, in the hands of a younger, more diverse cohort, the irreverent approach is a powerful tool of critique and personal expression and the ""spoonful of sugar"" to help discuss sociopolitical concerns of our time.

Showcasing over 50 works from a 2023 exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, this catalog addresses the historical context for the emergence of ceramic sculpture in 1960s Funk Art and applies a critical lens to work by its contemporary successors. The exhibition's curator, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, conceptually frames the exhibition's emphasis on humor as a tool for tackling personal and political themes. Garth Johnson contributes an essay on the impulse for humor in American ceramics that lead to Funk ceramics. The catalog also features biographies of the artists, color images, and a select bibliography.

Text by: Garth Johnson
Edited by: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm,
Weight: 960g
ISBN: 9783777440941
ISBN 10: 3777440949
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 16 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy is a Los Angeles-based independent curator and writer of contemporary art and craft.