Avec Bruce Clarke - Fondation Zinsou 2012
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou (Benin) in 2012.
Bruce Clarke was born in London in 1959. His parents came from South Africa and moved to England shortly before he was born. During his studies at Leeds University of Art and Design, he was taught by representatives of an artistic movement that grew out of one of the trends in conceptual art (that of Joseph Kosuth), known as Art & Language, and whose main initiators were Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Harold Hurell and Michael Baldwin. This movement, which was active towards the end of the 1960s, was situated at the intersection of philosophy, logic and artistic theory, and the visual artists, most of them English, who claimed to be part of it questioned the relationship between art and discourse through their political and social implications. Bruce Clarke's work certainly demonstrates a particularly incisive sensitivity to the convergence of political and linguistic issues associated with the visual arts.
120p - FR - 28x21cm - hardcover - perfect condition
Bruce Clarke was born in London in 1959. His parents came from South Africa and moved to England shortly before he was born. During his studies at Leeds University of Art and Design, he was taught by representatives of an artistic movement that grew out of one of the trends in conceptual art (that of Joseph Kosuth), known as Art & Language, and whose main initiators were Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Harold Hurell and Michael Baldwin. This movement, which was active towards the end of the 1960s, was situated at the intersection of philosophy, logic and artistic theory, and the visual artists, most of them English, who claimed to be part of it questioned the relationship between art and discourse through their political and social implications. Bruce Clarke's work certainly demonstrates a particularly incisive sensitivity to the convergence of political and linguistic issues associated with the visual arts.
120p - FR - 28x21cm - hardcover - perfect condition