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ROBERT
ARNESON
Arneson launched his prolific career with irreverent sculptural ceramics—banal
objects formed from clay and often anthropomorphized with body parts—that
positioned him as a central figure in California’s “Funk” movement.
Robert Arneson, Doggie Bob, 1982, ceramic,
glaze, and bronze, 36 x 21 x 33 in.
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