Moscone's first bust caused quite a stir May 23, 2008
In December 1981, when San Francisco opened its new Moscone Convention Center, the lobby included a bust by Benicia artist Robert Arneson of the mayor who was slain moments before Milk. The ceramic sculpture commissioned for $37,000 captured Moscone's ebullient personality - and sat atop a pedestal adorned with crude allusions to the killings, such as blood-like splatters of red glaze and the words "BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Read Indepth Article Feb 14, 2008
Robert Arneson: From the 60s - Brian Gross Fine Art - absolutearts ... "Robert Arneson: From the 60s" 2008-02-14 until 2008-03-29 San Francisco, CA, USA United States of America ... Brian Gross Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of Robert Arneson: from the 60's, on Thursday, February 14, 2008. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Robert Arneson: From the 60s Feb 14, 2008
Brian Gross Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of Robert Arneson: from the 60's, on Thursday, February 14, 2008 ... Robert Arneson was born in Benicia, Calfornia in 1930 ... Arneson's museum exhibitions include Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, San Jose Museum of Art, California, 2006; Arneson and the Object, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, 2004; Big Idea: The Maquettes of Robert Arneson, Palo Alto Art Center, California, 2002; Robert Arneson:... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Santa Clara University: de Saisset Museum Features Exhibition of 1960s Art From the Extraordinary Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Collection Jan 19, 2008
Eye on the Sixties includes paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints by artists such as Robert Arneson, Bruce Beasley, Fletcher Benton, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Ronald Davis, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenberg, David Park, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley. SCU students played an active role in the creation of the exhibition, contributing their own... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Gone to the dogs: Colleagues, students reunite to remember UCD's De Forest Nov 15, 2007
De Forest, alongside renowned colleagues Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, William T. Wiley and the late Robert Arneson, trumpeted the name of the university to the art world in the 1960s. A crowd in the UC Davis Art Building lobby celebrated De Forest with a song, stories and laughter. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
California College of the Arts at 100: Its writing program sizzles Aug 20, 2007
In the 1960s, alumni Robert Arneson, Peter Voulkos and Viola Frey helped instigate the ceramics revolution. Alumni Nathan Oliveira and Manuel Neri were leaders in the Bay Area figurative art movement. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Art lecture Thursday at di Rosa Preserve Jun 12, 2007
Featured artists at the preserve who are alumni of CCA are Robert Arneson, Robert Bechtle, Robert Brady, Karen Breschi, Jamie Brunson, Squeak Carnwath, Viola Frey, Daniel Galvez, Gerald Gooch, Todd Hido, David Ireland, Richard McLean, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira, Dennis Oppenheim, Sono Osato, Raymond Saunders, Peter Voulkos and Paul Wonner. There will also be a panel discussion Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. titled "Artists, Art Schools and Museums: A Conversation." Lawrence Rinder, dean of... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Roy DeForest, 77; painter of '60s Funk art May 24, 2007
Several artists identified with the Funk movement, including Robert Arneson and William T. Wiley, were on the faculty of UC Davis with DeForest, who began teaching there in 1965. Another colleague, Wayne Thiebaud, known for his pop culture images, also contributed to the art department's stellar reputation. (Los Angeles Times)
Roy De Forest; his art melded whimsy, nature May 23, 2007
Mr. De Forest belonged to a group of Bay Area individualists who included Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, William T. Wiley, and Peter Saul. They were often grouped under the heading of Funk, a term Mr. De Forest disliked. (Boston Globe)
Quietly Puzzling Jan 18, 2007
REVIEW / An artist who finds comfort (and discomfort) in his own shoes. OK, OK, OK" (1990), as if he wanted to expose the sinew of effort itself, the better to know its value. Even the early pieces, watched through, induce in the viewer a corrosive skepticism toward the most routine acts of will. "A Rose Has No Teeth," the brainchild of Constance Lewallen at BAM, contains a few discoveries, such as the very brief, oddly disorienting film, "Uncovering a Sculpture" (1965). It also revisits much of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
New Arts Center exhibit blends humor with chills Oct 5, 2006
Erdahl s artistic progenitors include Robert Arneson, the noted ceramic artist who first exploded the rules of ceramic figure making, and the New York pop artist Red Grooms, famous for his colorful assemblages and wild humor. Like the carnival in the Bradbury story, Thaddeus Erdahl s magical ceramic sideshow will be whisked away to other engagements at the end of the month. (Charles City Press, IO)
Bursting at the seams Sep 30, 2006
The sculptures are two of seven created in 1991 by artist Robert Arneson for five sites on campus. The expansion will add about 29,795 square feet increasing the building s size by 22 percent. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Conflict and Art Jun 7, 2006
account access login. As society copes with conflicts ranging from the global to personal, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University examines how artists in many cultures and eras have interpreted the harsh realities of conflict through objects and images that are aesthetically satisfying. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Looking back May 18 May 18, 2006
The following boys received awards: Loren Horton, Robert Hunner, Orville Langhough, Myron Emerson, Jack Mogenson, Robert Arneson, Robert Simmons, William Bilderback, Kenneth Bilderback and James Broten. FIFTY YEARS AGO - MAY 1956. (Chetek Alert, WI)
