HUMOR SPRING 2021

"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously." – Oscar Wilde

RELATED ARTICLES and RESOURCES
VIDEO

• PBS Art21 Segment on Humor
• Helen Johnson: Humor Is A Powerful Tool For An Artist
• No Joke - The Matter of Humour in Contemporary Art
  

ARTICLES

• What's So Funny About Contemporary Art
• When Great Art Makes You LOL
• In the Studio With an Artist Who Makes Giant Woman-Shaped Vases
• Conditions of Entry: Thoughts on Pilvi Takala's 'Real Snow White' 

BOOKS

• The Artist's Joke
• Visual Puns in Design by: Eli Kince

ARTISTS

Humor in Painting/Drawing/Printmaking/Fibers
Royal Jarmon
Rebecca Morgan
Ed Rucha
Banksy
Richard Prince
David Shrigley
Andy Warhol
Hardeep Pandhal
Adam McEwen
Jon Currin
Taylor McKimens

Humor in Design/Illustration
Guerrilla Girls
Brooke Barker
Paula Scher
Michael Patrick Cronan
Micheal Dooly
David Shrigley
Anshuman Ghosh
Alex Solis
Ruby Neri

Humor in Sculpture/Ceramics/3D Arts
Sarah Lucas
Marcel Duchamp
Maurizio Cattelan
Mike Kelley
Justin Cooper
Rebecca Morgan
Tom Sachs
Adam Parker Smith

Humor in Video/Sound/Performance
Pilvi Takala
William Pope L.
Bridget Moser
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Bruce Nauman
Carolee Schneemann
Guerrilla Girls
Justin Cooper
William Wegman
Hennessy Youngman

Humor in Photography
Richard Prince
Lilly McElroy
Justin Cooper

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