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Explore the artwork of Gerald Clarke, A Cahuilla Artist who makes paintings, sculpture, installations and performance art using a variety of materials.
Gerald Clarke (born February 24, 1967) is a sculptor, installation, and conceptual artist from the Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians. His work often reflects on and questions current issues in Native America and the United States, as well as his personal life.
Mar 10, 2023 · Gerald Clarke is an artist, university professor, cowboy and Cahuilla tribal leader. He is known for deriving inspiration from his heritage and expressing traditional ideas in contemporary forms — mixed-media sculptures, paintings, works on paper, videos, performances and installations — that are at once poetic and politically urgent.
Features images which are elements of the Cahuilla world: Bird SInging Rattles, Yucca and Tobacco Flowers, Abalone Shell, and a recreation of the Hemet Mazestone Petroglyph. Collection of Ernest and June Siva. "Survivance" 2021. Acrylic on Canvas. 36"x48".
Aug 30, 2019 · FOR THE PAST 25 years, Clarke has been creating poignant, conceptual, and often humorous art addressing Native American identity and its intersection with mainstream U.S. culture and politics while defying the trappings and stereotypes of Native art.
Jan 18, 2020 · This publication is a survey of three decades of work by contemporary Native American artist Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla). Utilising wit and humour to expose historical and present-day injustice, Clarke brings a decolonial perspective to urgent cultural and political issues facing our world.
Gerald Clarke He is currently a Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Riverside where he teaches classes in Native American art, history and culture. Gerald has exhibited his work extensively and can be seen in numerous exhibitions as well as major museum collections.
