SACRAMENTO, CA.- The Crocker Art Museum presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the work of contemporary sculptor Clayton Bailey in the new exhibition “Clayton Bailey’s World of Wonders.” Featuring 180 works and ephemera encompassing Bailey’s 50-year career, this exhibition will be on view from October 22 through January 15, 2012. A ceramist, sculptor, and self-proclaimed “mad scientist,” Bailey aims to surprise and delight with his art. This exhibition presents the full range of his inspired eccentricity in clay and metal, including his signature “exploding pots,” disarming robot sculptures, and ray guns inspired by science fiction and fashioned from discarded aluminum. Also included are the artist’s pseudo-scientific discoveries made under the name of his alter-ego Dr. George Gladstone. Visitors to the exhibition also get to experience Bailey’s full-scale