Robert Arneson Self Portrait Of Artist Losing His Marbles

From the fractured spilt approximately one dozen marbles spill out to the base.

Robert arneson self portrait of artist losing his marbles.

Despite this serious threat to his health arneson injects humor into his self portrait even vulgarity. 31 x 17 1 2 x 9 1 2 in. Robert arneson united states 1930 1992 self portrait of the artist losing his marbles. 9 10 417 lenox avenue 1964.

Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. The end result was an ode to beautiful mistakes. Robert arneson 1930 1992 was a bay area artist fully deserving of the love he received from the arts community and his absence from the local scene since his death from cancer has been widely felt. A shiny luster glaze in shades of oxidized bronze and.

Ed kienholz the state hospital 1964 66. Collection of the museum of art and design new york his first full scale ceramic self portrait and a breakthrough in his career. The bust stands on a round fluted base. Romare bearden watching the good trains go by 1964.

Self portrait of the artist losing his marbles 1965 by robert arneson on curiator the world s biggest collaborative art collection. Also on view was arneson s seminal work self portrait of the artist losing his marbles 1965. This unsettled effect reaches its apotheosis in his surprisingly noble looking self portrait of the artist losing his marbles 1965 on loan from the museum of arts design in which marbles. His face seems to be pushed up against a piece of transparent glass that flattens his nose into a piggish snout while his wild hair and wrinkled features expresss the tension and anxiety that characterize his state of mind.

Play green coco cola bottles andy warhol 1962 marilyn diptych andy warhol 1962 green car crash andy warhol 1963 watching the good trains go by romare bearden 1964 evening. When the sculpture split robert arneson decided to glue marbles into the crack rather than throw away the entire sculpture. Start studying art history exam ii. Marisol escobar the party.

The genre of self portraiture which is rife with art historical implications would preoccupy arneson for the.