What key details about wally hedrick can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: wally bill hedrick -lrb- 1928 in pasadena , california -- december 17 , 2003 in bodega bay , california -rrb- was a seminal american artist in the 1950s california counterculture , gallerist , and educator who came to prominence in the early 1960s . hedrick 's contributions to art include pioneering artworks in psychedelic light art , mechanical kinetic sculpture , junk/assemblage sculpture , pop art , and -lrb- california -rrb- funk art . later in his life , he was a recognized forerunner in happenings , conceptual art , bad painting , neo-expressionism , and image appropriation . hedrick was also a key figure in the first important public manifestation of the beat generation when he helped to organize the six gallery reading , and created the first artistic denunciation of american foreign policy in vietnam . wally hedrick was known as an '' idea artist '' long before the label '' conceptual art '' entered the art world , and experimented with innovative use of language in art , at times resorting to puns .
- death place is bodega bay , california- bgcolour is # 6495ed- caption is wally on '' the war room '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- hedrick , c. 1967 , in studio working- birth name is wally bill hedrick- death date is 17 december 2003- field is painting , found art , assemblage , pop art , happenings , , conceptual art , bad painting , neo-expressionism , and sculpture image appropriation , conceptual art , and funk art , kinetic sculpture , light sculpture- birth date is 1928- name is wally hedrick- nationality is american- influenced is jerry garcia , william wiley , paul mccarthy- birth place is pasadena , california