Mitchell Funk

Dale Chihuly, Life Magazine,

An artist who puts his life on the line for his art. Chris Burden was at the forefront of the conceptual art movement in the early 1970s. Prelude to 220, or 110 is one of his most important works where the artist puts his life on the line for his art. Burden voluntarily lays on his back. His neck and wists are have copper bands that bolt him to the floor. To his immediate left and right are two buckets of water with a 110-volt line inside. If the buckets were compromised in any way by a passerby or an unexpected event - Burden would have been electrocuted in a literal shocking performance. Art history is replete with artists who put themselves in harm's way to accomplish their art. Michelangelo risked a misstep to a certain death as he elevated himself over 60 feet to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Francisco Goya's "The Disasters of War" may have put him at odds with a governing orthodoxy. Picasso walked a very narrow line with during the Nazi occupation. Gutzon Borglum dangled himself off the face of Mount Rushmore and War Photographer Robert Capa, landed on Omaha Beach during D-Day. But it was Chris Burden whose art spotlighted...

A joyful moment preserved. A young woman is about to land on earth. She seems very happy about it. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 3/15 recto, unframed, other size available

This elephant portrait was done on assignment for Life Magazine. It was for a story about a group of three elephants who stomped to death their trainer. In an attempt to save the ele...

Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1969, it was qu...

Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century. Fair conditions with oxidation.

Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the mid-20th Century. Fair conditions with oxidation.

Maurizio Nichetti - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1980s Good conditions. Maurizio Nichetti is a well-known Ita...

Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century. Fair conditions with oxidation.