Part Four of the five-part American ceramics history film, Revolutions Of The Wheel, examines the career and work of one of the most controversial of 20th Century American potters, the San Francisco Bay resident and professor, Robert Arneson – the father of ceramic Funk Art.
Fellow artists Jim Brady, Peter VandenBerge and Richard Shaw reminisce about the years they worked along side Arneson at the University of Californi, Davis.
An extensive interview with Arneson's widow, the artist Sandra Shannonhouse, explains his need to explore the human condition. Historians and critics clarify the work of this most extraordinary artist.
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I flowed Arneson all through the 80s I saw a retrospect of his work at the Hershon in DC. Just happen to walk in. I loved the sculptor. One day i was in a Walnut Creed California gallery or mus.and in he walked after years of following his work. I am a painter, we had a nice long chat. That was a treat. I don’t follow sculpture as much as painting so so far my two best sculptors are Henry Moore, (love him) Robert Arneson (Him too). I wish there was a full length bio on him to watch!