In preparation to move to the new museum at 2 Columbus Circle, the Museum of Arts and Design has sent Robert Arneson's "Alice House Wall," 1967, to the conservator to restore it to it's original condition.
Gift of the Johnson Wax Company, through the American Craft Council, 1977.
The restoration of Alice House Wall was made possible through a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Robert Arneson was an American sculptor and ceramicist who is considered as the father of Funk Art, the anti-establishment movement that incorporated a mélange of found objects, autobiographical subjects, and humor.
Although he worked in many media (including painting and printmaking), Robert Arneson is perhaps best known as the most important ceramic sculptor in the field. He mixed a sense of humor and a strong, political point of view in his body of work. His work focused on Social Commentary with major themes being the Self Portrait, Friends and Influential People and Concerns about Nuclear War.
