The History of Ceramics Podcast: How Ceramics became Funk Art

Join Stephanie Rozene and guest Garth Johnson as they travel to the West Coast of America in the year 1967 when a show named Funk would change ceramics for ever.

Join Stephanie Rozene and guest Garth Johnson as they travel to the West Coast of America in 1967 when a show named Funk would showcase ceramics as a provokative art form. Using humour, satire, colour and shock these Funk artists critiqued the world around them and changed ceramics forever. No longer utiliatarian vessels - this was art that shocked.

Featured Artworks:

Robert Arneson Images

01. Banded White Bottle, 1958, glazed stoneware, ceramic, 13 1/2 x 5 inches, Collection of Weisman Art Museum

02. No Deposit, No Return 1961 glazed stoneware 10 3/4 x 5 x 5 inches[Text Wrapping Break] Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smits Ceramic Purchase Fund, Modern Art Deaccession Fund, and the Decorative Arts Council. Collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

03. Jack and John Trophy 1964 glazed earthenware, ceramic 31 1/2 x 14 x 8 inches Private Collection

04. 3 Spouted Footed Vase 1959 ceramic 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches

05. His and Her’s 1964 ceramic 34 x 24 x 28 inches Collection of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University

06. Typewriter #1 (Touch System) 1965 earthenware, ceramic, and nail polish[Text Wrapping Break] 6 x 11 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches University of California, Berkeley Art Museum

07.John with Art 1964 glazed ceramic 36 x 37 1/2 x 47 inches Collection of Seattle Art Museum

08. Self Portrait of the Artists Losing His Marbles 1965 glazed ceramic 31 x 17 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches Collection of Museum of Arts and Design, New York

09. Alice House Wall 1967 glazed cerami 71 x 93 x 15 1/4 inches Collection of Museum of Arts and Design, New York

10. Assassination of a Famous Nut Artist 1971 underglazed and glazed earthenware[Text Wrapping Break] 30 x 22 x 13 inches Collection of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at Stanford University

11. California Artist 1983 polychrome and patinaed bronze edition of 3, 1 A.P. with bronze base 78 x 29 x 23 1/2 inches

12. Portrait of George 1981 glazed ceramic 94 x 31 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches Collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

13. George Moscone 1981 conte, oil pastel, acrylic on paper 52 1/2 x 42 inches[Text Wrapping Break] Collection of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum

14. General Nuke 1985 ceramic, bronze (unique), granite 74 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 37 inches[Text Wrapping Break] Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Other Images

15. Peter Saul “Relax in Electric Chair (Dirty Guy),” 1965, styrofoam, fiberglass, and plastic enamel, 55 x 24 x 24 in

16Peter Voulkos, Rocking Pot, 1956, stoneware with colemanite wash, 13 5⁄8 x 21 x 17 1⁄2 in. (34.6 x 53.3 x 44.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and various donors and museum purchase, 1983.79

17 Peter Voulkos, Hole in One, 1978, ceramic, 43 1⁄2 x 16 1⁄2 in. (110.5 x 41.9 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin, 2005.5.73, © 1978, Voulkos Family Trust

18. Bottle, circa 1955. Antonio Prieto (American, born Spain, 1912–1967) Stoneware, reduction fired with sgraffito decoration, 13-3/4 in. x 7-1/4 in. (diam.), Crocker Art Museum, gift of the Artist, 1959.2

19. Arneson at TB-9, Davis, CA 1991 Photo Credit: James Woodson

20. David Gilhooley, Frog Sandwich (From the Frog Series), Glazed Earthenware 12x13x13cm, 1976.

Clayton Bailey Images

21. Clayton Bailey with Jughead Pots

22. Clayton Bailey CRITTER STOOL- 1963 Salt Glazed Stoneware 20" X 20" x 20"

23 Clayton Bailey CRITTER RIDER- 1960 Stoneware 18" X 12' X 10"

24 Clayton Bailey with Jugheads pots

25 Garth Johnson as the Curator of Kaolithic Curiosities, 2021

26. Garth Johnson as the Curator of Kaolithic Curiosities sitting in Clayton Bailey’s Stool, 2021

25 Clayton Bailey, Nose Cup 1968. Earthenware with commercial glazes and luster. Collection of Garth Johnson (permission to publish)

26 Clayton Bailey Nite Pots -KISSING POTS - 1965 Painted Earthenware

27 Rainbow House, headquarters of the Nut Art Movement, 1965 Maya Peeples Bright

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