Artnet

In Pictures: The Museum of Arts and Design’s ‘Funk You Too!’ Exhibition Traces the Irreverent Roots of the Contemporary Clay Craze

The new show “Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture,” at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), articulates the links between groups of artists working in a once-neglected, now ...
Untapped Cities

Join a Curator-Led Tour of the MAD Museum’s Funky Sculpture Exhibit

The Funk Art movement began on the West Coast in the 1960s. It sprang from a group of artists who shared anti-establishment views of what makes “good art.” These artists found new ways to use clay and ...
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See Funky Clay Sculptures at MAD Museum’s New Sculpture Exhibit

Humor and irreverence are the themes of the latest art exhibit at Manhattan’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). In Funk You Too!, visitors will see 50 different ceramic sculptures from the 1960s to the ...
WUNC

'You know it when you feel it': A new documentary explores the roots of funk

We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...