| Description |
xii, 161 pages : illustrations (some color), ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: @FMH:Contents -- @TX:Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Entreating the Mirthful Muse -- Portfolio -- 1 Walter AskinOf Womsters, Poozlers, Snug Rats, and Seers -- 2 Clayton BaileyA Bailiwick of 'Bots -- 3 Enrico BajFragments and Figures -- 4 Jerry Ross BarrishBricolage and Hot Glue -- 5 Mark BlumensteinBarnyard Brouhaha -- 6 Mark BryanNotes from a Dark Comedy -- 7 Mark BulwinkleTorch Bearer for Comic Fantasy -- 8 Toby BuonagurioIf the Shoe Fits -- 9 John CederquistThis Is Not a (Steamer) Pipe -- 10 Victor CicanskyTaking Art Down the Garden Path -- <<Insert image 25: Robert Arneson. Untitled (Binoculars), 1964, glazed ceramic, 6 x 6 x -- 2", Private Collection George Adams Gallery, New York ♭ Estate of Robert Arneson, -- licensed by VAGA, New York.>> -- <<Insert image 30. Walter Askin. Ascendant Egos, 2000, ink on paper,22 x 30", -- courtesy the artist.>> -- 11 Anne CoeNatural Instincts -- 12 Willie ColeEmblematic Totems -- 13 Warrington ColescottThe Tender Mock -- 14 Roy De ForestJourneys to the Far Canine Range -- 15 Carroll DunhamOh! What a Lovely War -- 16 Jack EarlBill Looks at Art, Art Looks at Bill -- 17 Gerard FerrariGizmology -- 18 Duane FlatmoPedalling Art -- 19 John Martin GilbertLetting Dreams Take Flight -- 20 David GilhoolyForget the Blues, Introducing the Purples! -- 21 Robert HudsonA Playful Collusion of Opposites -- 22 C. W. HurniFrom an Artist's Toyshop -- 23 Guy JohnsonTrue Lies -- 24 Gina KamentskyMechanical Confections -- 25 Richard NewmanPassport to Parodize -- <<Insert image 1: Roy De Forest. Return to St. Helena, 1997, acrylic and mixed -- media on masonite, 45 x 50 x 9", George Adams Gallery, New York.>> -- <<Insert image 104: Guy Johnson. Self-Portrait, 1983, oil on paper on -- aluminum, 20 x 27 1/2", Louis Meisel Gallery, New York.>> -- 26 Gladys NilssonHere's Looking at You and Me, Babe -- 27 Craig NuttA Cayenne Pepper Makes a Nice Table Leg -- 28 Judy OnofrioBroken Plates and Baroque(n) Dreams -- 29 Charles ParnessThe Well-Humored Put-Down -- 30 Ed PaschkeArchetypes and the Ordinary Man -- 31 Jim PiccoImprov at the Easel -- 32 Gerald PurdyWagging the Tale -- 33 Peter ReginatoMusic for the Eyes -- 34 Tom RipponThe Audacious Teapot -- 35 Ann RogulaTapping the Springs of Instinct -- 36 Allan RosenbaumTeasing the Imagination -- 37 Ginny RuffnerIt's All in How You View It -- 38 Leo SewellTalking Trash -- 39 Richard ShawEye Trickster -- <<Insert image 124: Craig Nutt. Tomato Table, 1996, oil on wood, inlaid top, 26 -- x 23 x 23", collection, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia. -- <<Insert image 136: Jim Picco. Knock-Kneed Chauffeur, 1997, crayon on paper, -- 38 x 50", courtesy the artist.>> -- 40 Mick SheldonLast Judgment Dancer -- 41 Roger ShimomuraTooning in to Reality -- 42 Tommy SimpsonFunction and Funniness -- 43 Reinhard SkorackiPlayers in Pocket-Size Dramas -- 44 Roy SuperiorWhen Pigs Have Wings and Why I Fish -- 45 Peter VandenBergeSculpture a la Mode -- 46 Patti WarashinaFiguratively Speaking -- 47 John WildeThe Real and the Surreal: A Comic Felicity -- 48 William T. WileyNothing Conforms, Everything's Comparable -- 49 Trevor WinkfieldMadcap Mľange -- 50 Karl WirsumThe Shadow of Your Simile -- Notes -- About the Author -- <<Insert image 195: John Wilde. View Near Stebbinsville Road with a Giant Kohlrabi, -- 1983, oil on panel, 10 x 12", Schmidt-Bingham Gallery New York.>> -- <<Insert image 206: Karl Wirsum. Mr. Answer Pants, 1991, acrylic on wood, 49 -- 1/2 x 36 x 9", Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.>> |
| Summary |
Provides a historical perspective on the use of humor in art, focusing on artists who make use of whimsy, wit, irony, parody, satire, and nonsense |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160) |
| Subject |
Wit and humor in art -- Catalogs.
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Fantasy in art -- Catalogs.
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Art, American -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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| LC no. |
2003017333 |
| ISBN |
1580082661 paperback |
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