Peter Clarke is an acclaimed South African artist and poet.Born lived in Simon’s Town until th
Peter Clarke is an acclaimed South African artist and poet.Born lived in Simon’s Town until the Group Areas Act moved him to Ocean View where he has lived and worked since the late 1970s. He is best known for his paintings and prints of the daily life of Cape communities, yet in the last three decades he has also quietly produced handcrafted concertina books. Just Paper and Glue presents this rarely exhibited aspect of Clarke’s life-long practice. Using paint, pencil and scraps found in his post, these abstract collages are playful and whimsical. Clarke says of his books:You can’t fold up a Monet or a Cezanne or any precious work of art. But with one like this, you can fold it up and carry it in a little box. You can sit next to somebody in a waiting room and say: ‘I’ve got something to show you’, and lift it out of its box.The idea is just to have fun - like picture books for children, which take them into another world. These are meant to act in the same way. It’s just the artist in [his] old age indulging in fun and games. -- source link
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