The Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection Sept. 2014 | Page 62

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. 60