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Clarke’s
first solo show was held at Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, in 1952, the same year in which his work was included in the Venice
Biennale. In 1965 he had a retrospective at the Redfern Gallery,
London
and his work was included in 'British Sculpture' in the 1960s exhibition
at the Tate Gallery. Similarly, he was selected for 'British Sculptors '72', at the Royal Academy of Arts and for 'British Sculpture in the
Twentieth Century', at the Whitechapel
Art
Gallery
in 1981. Most of Clarke’s work is commission-based, cast in a foundry
in a barn at his home in Suffolk
.
Recent
solo exhibitions
2006
- Fine Art Society, London
2003 - Fine Art Society, London
2000 - Fine Art Society, London (Retrospective 1949-2000); Worshipful
Company of Goldsmiths of London
1999 - Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and tour; Jesus College,
Cambridge
1994/95 - Christchurch Mansion, Ispwich and tour (solo exhibition)
1994 - Royal Academy of Arts, Friends' Room (solo exhibition);
Gravelines, Musée du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale
1990 Bar Convent, York; British Museum, London
Major
commissions
1952 Iron Sculpture for Time-Life Building, Bond Street
1952-56 Nave windows for Coventry Cathedral
1958 Silver cross and candlesticks for Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
Bronze sculpture 23.5m high for Thorn House, Upper St Martin’s Lane
Tapestry 6 x 3m for Palace, Kuwait
1959 Relief measuring 93m2 Extraction and Refining of Oil for Castrol
House, Marylebone Road
1960 Four stained glass windows for Treasury, Lincoln Cathedral
1961 Open-cast reliefs for the liners Canberra and Oriana
Stained glass window and aluminium relief for Civic College, Ipswich
Free-standing sculpture for Sir Basil Spence’s house at Beaulieu
1962 Consecration of Coventry Cathedral (Clarke had made three of the
nave windows, High Altar Cross and Candlesticks, Cross and candlesticks
for the Undercroft, Crown of Thorns and Flying Cross).
Altar Rail and Candlesticks for Chichester Cathedral
Sculpture for Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Steel and aluminium sculpture for Physics Department, Newcastle
University
1967 Two large sculptures, Triunii and Uniforge for the Federal Land
Bank, St Paul, Minnesota
1973 Medals commissioned by the Department of the Environment on the
theme ‘Plant a tree in ’73’ as prizes for schools involved in the
planting project
1976 Font and altar for All Souls Church, Langham Place, London
1982 Stained glass panels for Majlis in Abu Dhabi
Torigenus sculpture for York House, Pentonville Road, London
1985-86 Medal entitled Pyramus and Thisbe commissioned by the British
Medal Society.
Public
collections:
Arts Council of Great Britain,
Tate Gallery, London, Victoria
& Albert
Museum,
London
Please email
info@hgsummershow.org or call 020 7275 0383 for further information.
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