Clayton Bailey was one of the most important Bay Area sculptors who founded the Funk Art Movement. He was the first major artist who used objects to create robot art during the 60s, which resulted in a revolution of contemporary assemblage art throughout the United States.
In the first video of our new series, John Natsoulas and art historian and painter Jerry DeCamp reflect on the life and works of Clayton Bailey, who recently passed away in June.
Based on the book, 'Clayton Bailey: Happenings in the Circus of Life', this video includes a lecture by Bailey at the California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, followed by a brief demonstration of performance raku.
This series aims to showcase some of the greatest Californian and American artists of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. In our next video, we will be discussing the life works of David Gilhooly, a leading advocate of funk art who challenged the seriousness of the art world by focusing on absurd images of everyday objects.
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Recorded and edited by Judd Takai.
