Bibliography

Writings, Statements, and Lectures by Robert Arneson

Arneson, Robert. “Sun in Virgo—Moon in Aquarius.” Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute (no date): 66–67.
———. “Letters.” Ceramics Monthly 5 (July 1957): 4.
———. “Letters.” Artforum 2, no. 4 (October 1963): 8.
———. “Picasso the Craftsman.” Craft Horizons 27, no. 6 (November–December 1967): 28-33.
———. “A NON-STATEMENT OR THOUGHTS TO GO.” Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute (1970): 69–71.
———. My Head in Ceramics. San Francisco, California: Hansen Fuller Gallery, 1972.
———. Brick Suite. Hand Printed Artist’s Book. Chicago, Illinois: Landfall Press, 1975.
———. “Civilizations in Clay.” Craft Horizons 37, no. 6 (December, 1977): 31.
———. Lecture, “Sources” Moore College, 1979, Original tape and edited transcription of 2010 by Jonathan Fineberg and Sandra Shannonhouse in the Estate of Robert Arneson.
———. Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute Lecture, 1979, Original tape and edited transcription of 2009 by Jonathan Fineberg in the Estate of Robert Arneson.
———. Slide Lecture, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Skowhegan, Maine, 1979, Original tape and edited transcription of 2010 by Jonathan Fineberg in the Estate of Robert Arneson.
———. Keynote Address to the California Art Education Association, Monterey,CA, 1982, Original tape and edited transcription of 2009 by Jonathan Fineberg in the Estate of Robert Arneson.
———. “Marking Time.” Studio Potter 14, no. 1 (December 1985): 35.
———. “Robert Arneson, Sculptor.” Official Magazine of the Oakland Athletics (1987): 163.
———. Faculty Research Lecture, University of California at Davis, 1989, Original tape and edited transcription of 2011 by Jonathan Fineberg and Sandra Shannonhouse in the Estate of Robert Arneson.
———. “Guardians: The Spirit of the Work.” Ceramics Monthly 39, no. 4 (April 1991): 50–55.
———. The Drawing Society presents Robert Arneson. Videocassette. New York: Devlin Video Service, 1994.
Higby, Wayne, ed. 5 x 7: Seven Ceramic Artists Each Acknowledge Five Sources of Inspiration. Alfred, New York: New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, 1993.
Villa, Carlos, ed. “Robert Arneson.” Worlds in Collision: Dialogues on Multicultural Art Issues. San Francisco, California: International Scholars Publications and San Francisco Art Institute, 1994: 107–110.

Interviews with Robert Arneson

Jones, Mady. “Interview by Mady Jones.” California Oral History Project. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute (August 1981) (errors corrected by Sandra Shannonhouse and Jonathan Fineberg, 2010, file in the Estate of Robert Arneson).
Kelly, Ken. “Robert Arneson: The Interview.” San Francisco Focus (October 1987): 42–58.
McCann, Cecile N. “About Arneson, Art and Ceramics.” Artweek 5, no. 36 (26 October 1974): 1, 6–7.
Nixon, Bruce. 30 Years of TB-9: A Tribute to Robert Arneson. Davis, California: John Natsoulas Gallery, 1991: 21–34.
Olshausen, Aurora. “Robert Arneson: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Dog.” Scene Magazine (April–May 1982): 26–28.
Stone, Gwen. “Robert Arneson in Conversation with Gwen Stone.” Visual Dialog 2, no. 1 (September/October/November 1976): 5–8.
Windham, Carole. “On an Edge.” Ceramic Review no. 159 (May–June 1996): 36–40.

Books and Catalogues

Adrian, Dennis. Master Prints from Landfall Press. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1980.
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. Berkeley, California; London: University of California Press, 1985.
Allan Frumkin Gallery. Self-Portraits. New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1982.
Anderson, Mark. Cast Contemporary Sculpture. Walla Walla, Washington: Whitman College, 1997.
Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center. Selections from the Joyce and Jay Cooper Collection of Contemporary Ceramics. Tempe, Arizona: Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, 1989.
Benezra, Neal. Robert Arneson: A Retrospective. Des Moines, Iowa: Des Moines Art Center; Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum; Oakland, California: Oakland Museum. Sponsored by Anna K. Meredith Endowment Fund; John and Mary Papajohn, Des Moines; National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1986.
Berkson, Bill. Robert Arneson: Double Portraits. San Francisco, California: Brian Gross Fine Art, 1999.
Burgard, Timothy. “Figure and Ground.” Bay Area Art from the Morgan Flagg Collection. San Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1997.
———.The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection. San Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1999.
Campbell Museum. Soup Tureens, 1976. Camden, New Jersey: Campbell Museum, 1976.
Charters, Cynthia and L. Price Amerson, Jr. The Slant Step Revisited. Davis, California, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, 1983.
Clark, Garth. A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878–1978. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979.
Coffelt, Beth. Robert Arneson: Self-Portraits. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Moore College of Art, 1979.
Crocker Art Museum. Welcome to the Candy Store!: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Candy Store Gallery. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Museum, 1981.
Cummings, Paul. Robert Arneson: Points of View. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Pittsburg Center for the Arts, 1986.
Drutt English, Helen W. Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Art Alliance, 2001.
E.B. Crocker Art Gallery. First State-Wide Craft Show. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1959.
———. California Crafts. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1963.
———. Invitational Exhibition. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1965.
———. California Crafts. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1965.
———. Sacramento Sampler I. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1972.
———. The Santa Show. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1977.
———. The Creative Arts League Presents California Crafts XIV. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Gallery, 1985.
Faberman, Hilarie, et al. Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at the University of California at Davis: The Paula and Ross Turk Collection. Stanford, California: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 2005.
Feldman, Andrea. A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1997.
Fineberg, Jonathan. Robert Arneson: War Heads and Others. New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1983.
———. “Robert Arneson.” Robert Arneson: The Last Works. San Francisco, California: John Berggruen Gallery, 1993.
———. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. Third Edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995, 2000.
Fineberg, Jonathan, Gary Garrels, and Janet Bishop. Robert Arneson: Self Reflections. San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1997.
Frumkin/Adams Gallery. Robert Arneson: Black—New Sculpture and Works on Paper and Canvas. New York: Frumkin/Adams Gallery, 1990.
———. A 40th Anniversary Exhibition—Frumkin/Adams Gallery: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection. New York: Frumkin/Adams Gallery, 1992.
———. Robert Arneson: Late Bronzes 1989–1992. New York: Frumkin/Adams Gallery, 1995.
Fuller Goldeen Gallery. Casting: A Survey of Cast Metal Sculpture in the 80’s. San Francisco, California: Fuller Goldeen Gallery, 1982.
George Adams Gallery. Robert Arneson Drawing. New York: George Adams Gallery, 1996.
Golden, Thelma. Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994.
Grynsztejn, Madeleine. SFMOMA Painting and Sculpture Highlights. San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2002.
Held, Peter, John Natsoulas, and Rick Newby. Humor, Irony and Wit: Ceramic Funk from the Sixties and Beyond. Tempe, Arizona: Arizona State University Art Museum, 2004.
Hinson, Tom E. Robert Arneson: Portrait Sculptures. Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
Hobbs, Robert. Robert Arneson: Two-Dimensional Works. Overland Park, Kansas: Johnson County Community, 1983.
Hobbs, Robert and Woodard, Frederick. Human Rights/Human Wrongs: Art and Social Change. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1986.
Institute of Contemporary Art. Robert Arneson: Guardians of the Secret II. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1992.
Inui, Yoshiaki. Metamorphosis of Contemporary Ceramics—The International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics. Shigaraki, Japan: The Museum of Contemporary Art in Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, 1991.
Kiehl, David, Kathryn Olmsted. Robert Arneson: The Anti-War Works: 1982-1986, New York: George Adams Gallery, 2019.
Kline, Katy. Robert Arneson, From the Jackson Pollock Series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Visual Arts Center, 1991.
Kuspit, Donald B. Robert Arneson. San Francisco, California: Fuller Goldeen Gallery, 1985.
Landauer, Susan. The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration. Kansas City, Missouri: Kemper Museum of Art, 2000.
Levin, Elaine. Contemporary Ceramics: The Artists of TB 9. Fullerton, California: Main Art Gallery, Visual Arts Center, California State University, 1989.
Marshall, Richard and Suzanne Foley. Ceramic Sculpture: Six Artists. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981.
Mayfield, Signe, Daniel Rosenfeld and Linda Craighead. Big Idea: The Maquettes of Robert Arneson. Palo Alto, California: Palo Alto Art Center, 2001.
Mazow, Leo. Arneson and the Object. University Park, Pennsylvania: Palmer Art Museum, 2004.
Mazow, Leo and Rachel Rosenfield Lafo. Robert Arneson: Bronze Self-Portraits and Drawings. Lincoln, Massachusetts: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture, 1999.
McTwigan, Michael. Robert Arneson: Heroes and Clowns. New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1979.
———. Robert Arneson: New Ceramic Sculpture. New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1981.
———. In the Eye of the Beholder—a Portrait of Our Time. New Paltz, New York: College Art Gallery, SUNY, 1985.
Miller-Keller, Andrea. Robert Arneson/Matrix 110: From the Jackson Pollock Series. Exhibition Brochure. Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1990.
———. Me and Jackson: Robert Arneson Interprets Jackson Pollock. East Hampton, New York: Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, 1992.
Miura, Hiroko. Human Form in Clay: The Mind’s Eye. Shigaraki, Japan: The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006.
Monte, James K. Teacups, Teapots, Gorillas, etc: An Exhibition of Ceramics and Some Other Things by Robert Arneson. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Moore College of Art, 1970.
Nash, Steven A. Arneson and Politics: A Commemorative Exhibition. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1993.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Japan. Contemporary Ceramic Art: Canada, USA, Mexico and Japan. Kyoto, Japan: The National Museum of Modern Art, 1971.
Natsoulas, John. Thirty Years of TB-9: A Tribute to Robert Arneson. Davis, California: John Natsoulas Gallery, 1991.
———. Thirty Years of the Candy Store Gallery: A Tribute to Adeliza McHugh. Davis, California: John Natsoulas Press, 2005.
Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery. 30 Ceramic Sculptors 1990. Davis, California: Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery Press, 1990.
Porges, Maria and Robert McDonald. Local Color: The DiRosa Collection of Contemporary California Art. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1999.
Prokopoff, Stephen and Suzanne Foley. Robert Arneson. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1974.
Rasmussen, Jack. The True Artist is an Amazing Luminous Fountain: Selected Works from the Di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature. Napa, California: Di Rosa Preserve, 2004.
Redding Museum and Art Center. The Candy Store. Redding, California: Redding Museum and Art Center, 1989.
Rubin, William S. Dada, Surrealism, and Their Heritage. Reprint. New York: The Museum of Modern Art; Distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1968.
Selz, Peter. Funk. Berkeley, California: University of California, University Art Museum, 1967.
———. Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
———. Robert Arneson from the 60’s. San Francisco: Brian Gross Fine Art, 2008.
Servis, Nancy M. The Eve Aesthetic: Contemporary Figurative Clay Sculpture by Artists from TB-9. Davis, California: Memorial Union Art Gallery and Pence Gallery Association, 2004.
Shipley, James R. and Allen Weller. Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974. Champaign, Illinois: Krannert Art Museum; Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1974.
Siegfried, Joan C. The Spirit of the Comics. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, 1969.
Sims, Patterson. Figure as Subject: The Last Decade. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1986.
Stedelijk Museum. West Coast Ceramics. Amsterdam, Holland: Stedelijk Museum, 1979.
Stein, Harvey. Artist Observed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986.
Stewart, Albert and Ruth Braunstein. California Clay. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, University Fine Arts Gallery, 1979.
Stich, Sidra. Made in the U.S.A.: An Americanization in Modern Art, the ’50s and ’60s. Berkeley, California: University of California, University Art Museum, 1987.
Tannenbaum, Judith. Arneson and Pollock: The Other Side. Exhibition Brochure. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
Theodore Lyman Wright Art Center. Robert Arneson: Masks and Portraits. Beloit, Wisconsin: Theodore Lyman Wright Art Center, Beloit College, 1983.
University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum. The Funk Art Show. Videocassette. Berkeley, California: University Art Museum, 1967.
University of California, Davis. Art Faculty Exhibition. Davis, California: University of California, 1975.
———. Robert Arneson’s Eggheads. Brochure. Davis, California: University of California, 1994.
Zack, David. Nut Art. Hayward, California: California State University, Hayward Art Gallery, 1972.

Periodicals

Adrian, Dennis. “Robert Arneson’s Feats of Clay.” Art in America 62, no. 5 (September–October 1974): 80–83.
“Arneson’s Sculpture Rejected.” Artweek 12, no. 44 (19 December 1981): 3.
Ball, Fred. “Arneson”. Craft Horizons 34 (February 1974): 29–30, 63, 65.
Ballatore, Sandy. “California Clay Rush.” Art in America 64, no. 4 (July–August 1976): 15, 84–88.
Coffelt, Beth. “Black: Late Drawings of Robert Arneson.” American Ceramics 12, no. 1 (December 1996): 32–7.
Coplans, John. “Sculpture in California.” Artforum 2, no. 2 (August 1963): 3–6.
Doubet, Ward. “Robert Arneson: Portrait of the Artist as a Popular Iconoclast.” American Ceramics 6, no. 1 (1987): 22–31.
Dreishpoon, Douglas. “Robert Arneson.” Arts Magazine 61, no. 1 (September 1986): 113.
Fitz Gibbon, John. “Sacramento!” Art in America 59, no. 6 (November–December 1971): 78–83.
Frankenstein, Alfred. “The Ceramic Sculpture of Robert Arneson, Transformation of Craft into Art.” ARTnews 75, no. 1 (January 1976): 48–50.
Hobbs, Robert. “Robert Arneson: Critic of Vanguard Extremism.” Arts Magazine 62, no. 3 (November 1987): 88–93.
———. “Robert Arneson: Critical Clay.” Sculpture 12, no. 6 (November–December 1993): 20–5.
Johnson, Ken. “Robert Arneson at Frumkin/Adams.” Art in America 78, no. 12 (December 1990): 170–171.
Jones, Mady. “The Clay People—California’s Ceramic Artists.” San Francisco Magazine (1 June 1981).
Judd, Donald. “Robert Arneson.” Arts Magazine 39, no. 4 (January 1965): 69.
Kangas, Matthew. “Robert Arneson.” Sculpture 16, no. 8 (October 1997): 56–57.
Kuspit, Donald B. “Arneson’s Outrage.” Art in America 73, no. 5 (May 1985): 134–139.
———. “Robert Arneson’s Sense of Self: Squirming in Procrustean Place.” American Craft 46, no. 5 (October–November 1986): 36–45, 64–68.
“Letters to the Editor: Arneson’s Ceramics.” Craft Horizons 25, no. 1 (January–February, 1965): 6.
Masheck, Joseph. “Sorting out the Whitney Annual.” Artforum 9, no. 6 (February 1971): 70–74.
Santiago, Chiori. “Robert Arneson: Oakland Museum.” ARTnews 86, no. 5 (May 1987): 55–56.
Singh, Saunthy. “Robert Arneson: No Clay Music.” Ceramics Monthly 35, no. 3 (March 1987): 41–4.
Slivka, Rose. “The New Ceramic Presence.” Craft Horizons 21, no. 4 (July–August 1961): 30–37.
Summer, Robert. “Arneson’s Bust.” Arts and Architecture 1, no. 3 (August 1982): 14–16.
Yard, Sally. “The Shadow of the Bomb.” Arts Magazine 58, no. 8 (April 1984): 73–82.
Yau, John. “Robert Arneson.” Artforum 25, no. 3 (November 1986): 141–142.
Zack, David. “Funk Art.” Art and Artists 2, no. 1 (April 1967): 36–39.
———. “The Ceramics of Robert Arneson.” Craft Horizons 30, no. 1 (January–February 1970): 36–41, 60–1.
———. “Nut Art in Quake Time.” ARTnews 69, no. 1 (March 1970): 38–41, 77.