Mel Henderson

American
(1922–2013)

Untitled (Biomorphic Sculpture)
circa 1966

Wood and plaster
5 x 8.875 x 7.625 in.
Gift of the Kathryn C. Wanlass Foundation
2008.64

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This object has the following keywords:

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• Funk - First used to describe the work of a group of artists working in San Francisco in the late 1950s, and later used as the title of an exhibition held in Callifornia in 1967. The style is characterized by a preoccupation with sick, shocking, and sexually provocative imagery resulting in bizarre combinations of materials such as leather, steel, clay, vinyl, fur, and ceramics.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Uses of the Real Part II , 7/1/2009 - 8/30/2010
• Small Things , 6/12/2013 - 8/19/2014