Yellow abstract shapes, perhaps suggestive of flowers, occupy the upper sections of Brian Clarke’s ‘Falling Water’ (2018). Imitating fresh paint dripping down a wall, yellow streams of varying thicknesses flow from the flowers to cover almost the entire surface of the stained glass folding screen....
Brian Clarke’s ‘Orchids and the Void of Lust’ is a stained glass folding screen produced in 2017, made of 12 sections held together by a black wooden frame. Large blue flowers extend over a flat green surface, with darker leaf shapes to suggest a sense...
In his ‘Spitfires’ series, Brian Clarke reworks the iconic plane shapes into colourful patterns against dark backgrounds. First displayed at the 2015 exhibition ‘Spitfires and Primroses’ at Pace Gallery, London, Clarke’s 'Spitfires’ transforms the plane from a hard, militaristic tool into a motif that resembles delicately illuminated butterflies...read more
In his ‘Spitfires’ series, Brian Clarke reworks the iconic plane shapes into colourful patterns against dark backgrounds. First displayed at the 2015 exhibition ‘Spitfires and Primroses’ at Pace Gallery, London, Clarke’s 'Spitfires’ transforms the plane from a hard, militaristic tool into a motif that resembles delicately illuminated butterflies...read more
Brian Clarke’s monumental Night Orchids series of over 260 drawings on black card captures the flower in a constant state of transformation. Begun in 2013 following his trips to Thailand and France, Clarke’s Night Orchids anticipates the meditation-like practice employed in his later Vespers series....
Brian Clarke’s monumental Night Orchids series of over 260 drawings on black card captures the flower in a constant state of transformation. Begun in 2013 following his trips to Thailand and France, Clarke’s Night Orchids anticipates the meditation-like practice employed in his later Vespers series....
Brian Clarke’s monumental Night Orchids series of over 260 drawings on black card captures the flower in a constant state of transformation. Begun in 2013 following his trips to Thailand and France, Clarke’s Night Orchids anticipates the meditation-like practice employed in his later Vespers series....
Brian Clarke’s monumental Night Orchids series of over 260 drawings on black card captures the flower in a constant state of transformation. Begun in 2013 following his trips to Thailand and France, Clarke’s Night Orchids anticipates the meditation-like practice employed in his later Vespers series....
Brian Clarke’s monumental Night Orchids series of over 260 drawings on black card captures the flower in a constant state of transformation. Begun in 2013 following his trips to Thailand and France, Clarke’s Night Orchids anticipates the meditation-like practice employed in his later Vespers series....