Jonathan clarke cube
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BIO
Jonathan Clarke was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England in 1961. From the age of sixteen he served his apprenticeship in the studio and foundry of his father, the accomplished sculptor Geoffrey Clarke, learning to master the craft of sand-cast aluminum. In 1994 he was elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
In addition to aluminum, Clarke sculpts in oak, silver, and glass, and occasionally other metals. Many of his sculptures have a religious theme, and his pieces are on display in many cathedrals throughout England, including Southwell Minster and St. Edmundsbury Cathedral.
Clarke has exhibited in New York, Zurich, Venice, Tokyo, and throughout the United Kingdom. He has been awarded numerous private and public commissions, including works for Ely Cathedral and the Norwich Castle Museum. His sculptures can be found in many private collections in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, as well as the Britten-Pears Foundation and the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth, England.
ART
Jonathan Clarke’s sculptures generally tend to be ab
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Jonathan Clarke b. 1961
Jonathan Clarke was born in Suffolk, where he continues to work today. At sixteen, he took up an apprenticeship with his father, the sculptor Geoffrey Clarke RA, and then began exhibiting his own sculpture in the early 1980s.
Jonathan works in sand-cast aluminium, initially carving his sculpture in polystyrene. This method – pioneered by his father and mastered by Jonathan – relies on destroying the original mould as it is vaporised by molten aluminium. The result is an entirely unique, one-off sculpture.
Writing about Jonathan’s first solo show (Chappel Galleries, 1993), Galleries magazine noted his ‘line of inheritance from the masters of the century, from Gabo, through Moore, to Paolozzi.’ His style, whilst abstract and architectural, carries a great deal of emotional resonance, often taking inspiration from social, spiritual and mythological subject matter. Other influences include the sculptors Eduardo Chillida and Anthony Caro, as well as two-dimensional artists such as Robert Motherwell
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Sculptor born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, son of the sculptor Geoffrey Clarke, under whom he served an apprenticeship from 16. He went on to work mainly in sandcast aluminium from his own studio and foundry in Hartest. He was elected RBS in 1994. Shows included Phoenix Gallery in Lavenham; Moya Bucknall, Solihull; Galerie Am Plats Eglisau, Zürich; Coach House Gallery, Guernsey; and RA Summer Exhibition from 1989. In 1993 had a shared show at Chappel Galleries, Chappel, with a solo exhibition there, 1996, and a series at John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, from 1995. Clarke’s second solo show at Chappel, in 2000, coincided with publication by the gallery of a monograph on his work, Head On, by David Buckman. He had another exhibition there in 2005.
Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, celebrated his 21 years of sculpture in 2001. Clarke’s commissions included Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Tesco, Asda, The Orchard Medical Centre in Ipswich, Southwell Minster and Ely Cathedral.
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