David Gilhooly
American ceramicist and printmaker, 1943−2013
As part of the Funk Ceramic movement, Gilhooly began to create FrogWorld—a mythological place based loosely on the history of ancient Egypt—that parodies American culture. The artist explains that in this world there are “various disguises of Osiris, for in the frog world, rather than just being a vegetable god, he was also an accomplished performer and opener of supermarkets, and a blesser of gardens.” In addition to the complex narrative that is FrogWorld, Gilhooly often makes art historical references in his work, constructing FrogAdam (in reference to Michelangelo's work) and Rape of the Sabine Frogs. In the early 1980s, Gilhooly began creating assemblages and utilizing Plexiglas.
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American sculptor and professor, 1930–1992
American cartoonist, 1898–1960
American sculptor, conceptual artist, and writer, born 1931
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