A440 Gallery presents Bay Area Funk pioneer Clayton Bailey's artillery. The GUN SHOW features Bailey's fantastic fully functional pop guns, elegantly carved rifle sculptures, ceramic Gang Guns, and exploding pottery which show what happens when you mix genius with fire. A group of Betty Bailey's wry watercolor portraits illuminate the show.
A major influence on the Bay Area art scene since the 1960's, Clayton Bailey defines the Bay Area Funk movement; championing personality and conceptual wit, and significantly creating an art vocabulary accessible by all.
From fantastic fossils and delirious creatures, to eccentric robots and ray guns; Bailey's World of Wonders continues to inspire generations.
Public Collections:
Addison Gallery of American Art- Andover, MA
American Craft Museum, New York City
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan
Bakken Museum and Library, Minneapolis, MN
Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA
Bank of America, Chicago, IL
Brooks Memorial Gallery, Memphis, TN
Burpee Museum, Rockford, IL
Carborundum Museum of American Ceramics, NY
Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DL
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
di Rosa Art Preserve. Napa, CA
Elvehjem Museum of Art ,University of Wisconsin,
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Hokkoku Shinbun, Korinbo, Japan
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Iowa State Art Association, Marshalltown, IA
Johnson Foundation, Racine, WI
Katzen Museum, American University, Washington, DC
Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
Karstadt, Munich, Germany
Metromedia Corp., Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Leslie Ceramic Supply, Berkeley, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Microsoft Corp., Seattle, WN
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
Musee d' ethnographie, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Muskingum College, Muskingum, Ohio
Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Canada
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Racine Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Redding Museum, Redding, CA
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce, Rhinelander, WI
Richard Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Sacramento Light Rail, 16th Street Station (Pavement Tiles)
Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Shasta College, Redding, CA
Stanford University, Green Library, Palo Alto, CA
Stanford University, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, CA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
University of Utah Museum of Art
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
United States Information Agency, (USIA)
Selected solo exhibitions:
M.H. DeYoung Museum, Phoenix Gallery, Triton Museum (Catalog), Natural History Museum of San Diego, Joseph Chowning Gallery, Redding Museum, Civic Arts Gallery, Boise Gallery of Art, Monterey Peninsula Museum, Joseph Chowning Gallery, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, U of Washington
Gang Fighting Guns Box
Gang Fighting Guns
Gang Fighting Gun: Yuzi 1994
Gang Fighting Gun: Colt .45 1994
Gang Fighting Gun: iMac Pistol - 1994
Gang Fighting Gun: .38 auto- 1994
Sasquatch Hunting Pistol 1994
Crate: Instant Hand Grenades 1994
Instant Hand Grenade 1994
Dueling Pop Pistols # 88a &b 1999
Pea Shooter # 137 2009
Pop Ray Gun # 39 1998
Assault Rifle # 100 2000 - (w/ stand)
Propane Pistol # 139 - 2009 (w/ stand)
Pop Ray Gun # 140 2009 (w/ stand)
Potato Gun # 57 1999 (stand)
Pea Shooter # 141 2009 (stand)
Pop Ray Gun # 38 1998 (case)
Pop Ray Gun # 35 1998 (stand)
Pop Ray Gun # 62a 1999 (stand)
Pop Ray Gun # 113 2004
Pop Ray Gun # 117 2004
Raku Fired Ceramic Ray Gun 1990
Power Hack Saw 2009
Tube Head Robot 2009
Small Robot with Guns 2009
Neon Ceramic Ray Gun 2001
Pop Rifles 1999 - 2000 (brass, wood)
Explosive Bottles Ceramic
Explosive Bottle #1
2008
Explosive Bottle #1
2008
Explosive Bottle #3
2008
Explosive Bottle #3
2008
Clayton Makes Robots
1999
Our Show at the RAC
2009
This is a Ball Blaster
1999
An Army of Art Lovers
2004
Clayton Pops a Cork
2004
CLAYTON BAILEY: GUN SHOW
Artillery Piece #99- 1999 (floor stand)- $3500.
Artillery Pistol #144- 1999 (floor stand)- $2000.
Artillery Target Gong - 2000(floor stand)- $200.
Assault Rifle #100 - 2000 (stand)- $2000.
Pop Ray Gun #35 -1998 (stand)- $1500.
Pop Ray Gun # 39 - 1998 (cloth pouch)- $1500.
Potato Gun # 57 -1999 (stand)- $1500.
Pop Ray Gun #60- 1999 (stand) - $1500.
Pop Ray Gun #62a- 1999 (stand)- $1500.
Pop Ray Gun #82 - 2001 (stand)- $1500.
Pop Ray Gun # 113- 2004- $1500.
Pop Ray Gun #140 -2009 (stand)- $1500.
Pea Shooter # 141-2009 (stand)- $1500.
Propane Pistol #139- 2009- $2000.
CASED GUNS:
Pea Shooter # 137- 2009 (case)- $2000.
Pop Ray Gun #83- 2001 (metal case)- $2000.
Dueling Pop Pistols #88a &b- 1999- (case)- $2500.
Pop Ray Gun # 38 -1998 (box)- $2000.
Pop Ray Gun #117- 2004 (frame- display)- $2000.
Pop Gun Booklets accompany the pistols.
CERAMIC GUNS:
Neon Ceramic Ray Gun- 2001- $5000.
Raku Fired Ceramic Ray Gun- 1990- $700.
Gang Fighting Guns: Yuzi- (box)- 1994- $700.
Gang Fighting Guns: Colt .45 Auto- 1994- $600.
Gang Fighting Guns: iMac Pistol- 1994- $750.
Gang Fighting Guns: .38 auto- 1994- $600.
Sasquatch Hunting Pistols- 1994- $600.
Crate of Instant Hand Grenades- 1994 - $2000.
Instant Hand Grenade- 1994- $400.
Power Hack Saw- 2009- $2000.
GUN CABINET -2009-( wood and glass)
CONTENTS: 6 Pop Rifles and 1 Ray Gun Pistol
Pop Ray Gun #89- 2001- $2000.
Pop Rifle # 62R- 2002 (locust, stainless)- $2000.
Pop Rifle # 63- 2000 (brass, tiger maple)- $2000.
Pop Rifle #63R -1999 (brass, locust)- $2000.
Pop Rifle # 64- 1999 (brass, maple, stand)- $2000.
Pop Rifle # 68- 2000 (brass,walnut)- $2000.
Pop Rifle # 69- 2000 (brass, walnut)- $2000.
Pop Rifle # 71- 2000 (oak, titanium)- $2000.
Inclusive: $15,000.
3 ROBOT SCULPTURES:
Bug Eye Robot With Handgun- 2009- $16000.
Small Robot with Guns-2009- $8500.
Tube Head Robot- 2009- $1500.- $7500.
BETTY BAILEY: WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS
Clayton Makes Robots- 1999- $1000.
Clayton Pops a Cork -2004- $1000.
An Army of Art Lovers - 2004- $1000.
Our Show at the RAC- 2009- $1000.
This is a Ball Blaster- 1999- $ 1000.
(Prices subject to flux)
GUN SHOW: MARCH 1 - APRIL 17
ARTIST RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 20, 2010
A440 Gallery
49 Geary
San Francisco, CA 94108
A440Gallery@gmail.com cell: (510)593-0990
Crocker Art Museum presents Clayton Bailey’s World of Wonders, 10/22/2011 - 1/15/2012.
The museum describes exhibit:
Contemporary sculptor Clayton Bailey’s work ranges from ceramic gargoyles to ray guns, not to mention an impressive collection of life-sized robot sculptures. He came to California in the late 1960s and found in the Bay Area a coterie of like-minded California Funk artists known for their irreverent wit. Unique among them, Bailey invented a world of wonders at his home and studio in Port Costa in Contra Costa county, a 40-year labor of creativity and personal vision. A self-proclaimed “mad scientist,”Bailey aims to surprise and delight with his art and personality. This exhibition unveils the full range of his inspired eccentricity through more than 100 objects and installations, including his excavated “Kaolithic” discoveries and unique “Museum of Wonders.”
