Read what the UK Ambassador to Sweden has written of the event:
Words from the UK Ambassador to Sweden
September 08, 2010
June 21, 2010
Design for stained glass for the UK Papal visit, September 2010
Brian Clarke has designed a stained glass window for the chapel at the Papal Nunciature, London. The window will be blessed by the Pope during his visit in September, 2010. Pictured here is the design, the final artwork will be made of transparent stained glass and celebrates the intellectual and spiritual achievements of Thomas More, John Fisher and John Henry Newman. The blues and reds in the composition recall the rubies and ultramarines of medieval stained glass. A detail from the design has been used as the cover if the official booklet for the Pope's visit.
Links:
The Oldham Evening Chronicle - 18th June 2010
See images from the press conference and launch of the booklet
WORK by Brian Clarke is now available for purchase
A set of the seven volumes, six of which are themed sketchbooks of the artist’s particular interests, the seventh volume describes how these sketch ideas are ultimately expressed in paintings, stained glass, architecture, tapestry and stage sets.
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October 09, 2009
September 30, 2009
2003, Jan Kaplicky, Brian Clarke and Peter Cook in Conversation
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL Lowe International Lecture Series.
Jan Kaplicky, Peter Cook in conversation with Brian Clarke, 4th December 2003 at The Chemistry Auditorium, Gordon Street, London.
A very enjoyable evening and a great announcement card showing Jan Kaplicky's Selfridges, Brian Clarke's Transillumination and Peter Cook's Graz.
September 11, 2009
Christophe by Brian Clarke is now available for purchase
Christophe is a tribute to the male form. The book charts the progress of an ambiguous youth as his representation weaves through photographs, collages, watercolours and pencil drawings from Clarkes sketchbooks. Juxtaposing erotic drawings, newspaper clippings, hotel stationery, and photos of foliage and marble sculptures, Clarke explores how the overlappings and gaps between these media shape the representation of a character. A self-contained work on its own, Christophe is also a compact version of one of the seven volumes from Clarkes WORK, published this season by Steidl, which presents the diversity of Clarkes sketchbooks in the context of his finished artworks such as stained glass, oil paintings and mosaics
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April 17, 2009
Questions to the Reader - German Vogue, May 2009
Vogue asks Brian Clarke to pose a series of questions to their readers. The answers are in the readers mind only.
See below for the questions in English.
The questions in English:
What is more
terrifying to you – Life after Death or oblivion?
Has the death
of any body you love ever come as a relief?
Do you ever
turn your face into the sunlight and close your eyes?
What
frightens you more – The Past, The Present or The Future?
Do you ever
wish you could bless?
Are you
ashamed of your body?
Does the
concept of work make you happy?
Do you really
listen?
Have you
ever wondered what it might be like to be unconventional?
Have you ever longed for the freedom of
benign honesty?
Can you
imagine the life of a prisoner?
Are you
overwhelmed by beauty?
How do you
imagine Hell? Can you picture it?
Does sex
generally make you feel free or trapped?
Assuming no
religious faith what most guarantees the meaningfulness of life for you?
Do you
despair at the futility of being?
Have you
ever calmed you nerves by reading Sherlock Holmes?
Do you
believe there might be some kind purpose in suffering?
When you
imagine the most lustful vision of lovers are they wearing any clothes at all,
in what environment do you picture them?
Are you
lonely?
Can you
laugh in the face of despair?
Have you ever known a person well who becomes in the
period of your friendship, powerful and famous? If so, have you seen them poisoned and corrupted or blossom
into greatness?
Beauty and talent are gifts rather than achievements
are they equal characteristics?
Which would you rather have?
Do street beggars provoke pity or indignance in you?
Do you think that one can achieve wisdom through
hedonism?
Could you torture another human being?
Do you torture yourself?
Do you think yourself superior to criminals?
In the relationship between a prostitute and a client
who do you think is used?
Are you more moved by art that challenges you or by art that is worth a lot of money?
Are you are sure you are being honest?
March 13, 2009
September 22, 2008
Pyramid of Peace and Reconciliation, Kazakhstan. Astana viewed through The Doves.
Photo: Yipski
Brian Clarke has recently been in Germany proofing the publication of a series of his sketchbooks entitled Work. The series will comprise of seven volumes in slipcase published by Steidl.
WORK presents images from Brian Clarke’s sketchbooks, which explore various themes as they evolve into “finished” artworks throughout his working practice. WORK is structured into seven volumes, six of which embrace specific themes: the fleur de lys, landscapes and seascapes, CDJ (a male figurative study), heraldry, splashes, and skulls. The seventh volume is an index for the other six volumes, showing large-scale artworks that resulted from the thematic explorations in the sketchbooks. Including oil paintings, stained glass, works in lead and mosaics, the index is, in Clarke’s words, the “parts of the sum” as evident in the other volumes. Clarke’s sketchbooks embody the poetic journey through which he explores ideas, and present a myriad of medias incorporating drawing, collage, watercolour and photography. Each volume in WORK contains a selection of images from multiple sketchbooks, and is thus a distilled vision of the lyrical investigatory processes that shape Clarke’s art. Brian Clarke is one of the world’s leading artists who incorporates art with architectural environments. Working in painting, mosaic, tapestry and particularly stained glass, his collaborators include Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki, and Future Systems. His work adorns buildings such as the Pyramid of Peace in Kazakhstan, the Al Faisaliah Centre in Riyadh, and the Pfizer World Headquarters in New York. Clarke is a visiting Professor of Architectural Art at University College London, an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and chairman of The Architecture Foundation. He is represented by Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York and Faggionato Fine Art in London.
August 27, 2008
Links
- Works on Paper - View Online Catalogue
- Brian Clarke Facebook
- Brian Clarke in the Corning Museum of Glass Collection
Search the database of the Corning Museum of Glass, upstate New York, for the work of Brian Clarke. - Brian Clarke's design used for the booklet of the Popes Visit
Using a detail from Clarke's design for the window at the Papal Nunciature as the cover, the Catholic Church release the booklet for the Popes visit to the UK. - Brian Clarke in the Sunday Telegraph
Read the article by David Jenkins from the Sunday Telegraph - Hugh Pearman's article on The Pyramid of Peace.
- From Life to Life a Mosaic path in a garden for George Harrison
- Phillips de Pury, New York
- Steidl
- Huddersfield University
- Brian Clarke at Amazon.co.uk
- Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York