"This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Gerald Clarke: Falling Rock', organized by Palm Springs Art Museum, and presented from January 18-May 31, 2020.* *Palm Springs Art Museum closed to the public due to COVID-19 on March 14, 2020; at the time of printing, it is our intention to reopen the museum and the exhibition in fall 2020"--Colophon (publisher's statement page). Other contributors include Christine Giles, Ashley Holland, Gordon Johnson, and Andrea Romero-Macias. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
[Colophon]. David Evans Frantz -- Works in the exhibition -- Gerald Clarke -- Sovereign territory: the life and work of Gerald Clarke / Christine Giles -- Homegrown: Gerald Clarke in conversation with Gordon Johnson, Palm Springs Art Museum, June 26, 2019 / [Gordon Johnson, Gerald Clarke] -- Indian wisdom: the irreverent Gerald Clarke / Ashley Holland -- To the discriminating collector / Christine Giles -- Branded / Christine Giles -- Branded books / Christine Giles -- Stamped series / Christine Giles -- Continuum basket and basket exploration / Christine Giles -- Cahuilla sounds, Cahuilla lives and Our Lady of San Jacinto / Heather Casseday -- Cahuilla form / David Evans Frantz -- Aged logic and artifacts / David Evans Frantz -- One tract mind / Heather Casseday -- End of the trail, triumph of the spirit / David Evans Frantz -- Vanishing 1 / Andrea Romero-Macias -- Manifesto / David Evans Frantz -- Trek / David Evans Frantz -- Ethnopoly / David Evans Frantz -- Monument series / Christine Giles -- Task / Andrea Romero-Macias -- Road signs / David Evans Frantz -- Works in the exhibition -- Selected exhibitions -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- [Colophon].
Summary:
"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 is an artist, university professor, cowboy and Cahuilla tribal leader. Combining various media in his sculptures, paintings, works on paper, videos, performances and installations, Clarke derives artistic inspiration from his cultural heritage, expressing traditional ideas in contemporary forms that are both poetic and politically urgent. Clarke's artistic output resonates with histories of assemblage, pop and conceptual art produced by both Native and non-Native artists. This amply illustrated catalogue introduces Clarke's work at a moment when it is profoundly necessary"--Palm Springs Art Museum Shop description.
Indexed by:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (January 29, 2021) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.