"For more than thirty years, Melvin W. Clark has explored the potential of color and lines as much as he has celebrated the objects and figures that fill his compositions. Clark is a latter-day Modernist. In discussing his influences, he often mentions Leger, Rivera and Charles White. So, too, does he relate his first visit with the powerful nkisi nkonde figure in the Detroit Institute of Art's African collection. Finally, Clark inevitably mentions his love of Jazz and Blues, and his endless studio struggle to create painterly riffs as powerful as those coming from the horns and guitars of the musical great."
Melvin W. Clark: A Career Survey
April 18, 2008 through May
73 East 16th Street Gallery
Chicago, IL 60616
312-322-2440
We are proud to present a thirty year survey of important paintings and prints by Melvin W. Clark, a former Detroit and New York artist whose works combine his interest in Modernism with his love of Blues and Jazz.
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All text and photography courtesy of LUSENHOP Fine Art.
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