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Geoffrey Clarke: Intuitionism, Pangolin London
Prints leave their mark on outstanding representations of the extraordinary in the ordinary
INTUITIVE: Two troughs and flat bar, 1964
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
PANGOLIN’S curating is exceptional and the decision to present the work of the sculptor Geoffrey Clarke predominantly through his prints is a gamble that pays off handsomely.
Contextualising Clarke’s work from the 1950s to the 1990s, it’s an inspired selection that demonstrates his formal and thematic concerns over decades.
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