statement
As a practicing artist I work exclusively in the area of drawing, mainly graphite on paper and lately ink, I work "loose, deep and at speed. This gives me the physical and mental mobility I need to explore the main themes that interest me – autobiographical events, the uneasy relationship between landscape and industry, and cultural erosion/synthesis.
For the purposes of narrative, many are in large triptych format, but I also like to immerse the spectator in an all-embracing panoramic experience not unlike a movie screen. The cinema is one of my most potent influences.
My interest lies more in illusion than physicality that is why my large pieces are always presented, frameless and without glass. I wish them to float like wafers on the wall - without weight they can push you back or pull you in.
I like to create a tension between the complex, sometimes visually noisy presence they convey and the sheer vulnerability of their of their actual substance – large unprotected pieces of paper pinned to the wall.( I realized how delicate they were in 2002 when I lost almost all of them in a storm).
One of my agendas is to contribute to making a positive contribution to the status of drawing as a prime and terminal medium for contemporary image making. I wish to demonstrate that in scale, depth, intensity and contemporary relevance drawing can involve the spectator in a physical, emotional and conceptual engagement equal to any other media.
bio
born: 1944, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
education
Goldsmith;s College of Art, Art Teachers Diploma 1968
Exeter College of Art, Honors Degree in Fine Art. 1967
selected awards/honors
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship 2008
Southeastern College of Art Conference, Artist Fellowship Award 2004
Southern Arts Federation/NEA Award 1996
selected publications
100 Southern Artists. Schifferbooks 2012
"Interview with Clive King", SECAC Review 2005
"Drawing ,a contemporary approach." fifth edition Sale/Betti Thomsom Wadsworth publishing 2004
"The Raw intimate power of Drawing " The Philadelphia Enquirer 2002
selected solo or two-person exhibits
"Drawings from a Decade" South Dakota Museum of Art, Brooking SD 2012
"Clive King -drawings" The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University Miami Fl 2011
"Pilgrimages" Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville Fl 2006
"Clive King new work". Museum of Modern Art- Wales. Machynllech. Wales U.K. 2000
selected group shows
"Transformations. " Urban Street Gallery ,Miami Beach Florida 2012
"XSouthEast." Schmit Gallery Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida 2011
"SECAC curated" 1708 Gallery Richmond . Virginia 2011
"Rites of Passage" Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. England U.K. 2000
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