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Artist Statement:
ARTIST'S STATEMENT MADE IN
1989
As a child in the churches,
the schools and the
com-munity, I dreamed of a
destiny. My search became a
single purpose for the dignity
of Black people instead of
attempting to solve the
concerns of all humanity.
Early on I was convinced that
a creative spirit must soar
beyond compartments of
religion and politics. It was
through the roots of African
Art that I learned of the
creative source of most
Western art. As I stood near
the Nile at Cairo and looked
toward the Mediterranean in
awe, I envisioned how the
Greeks, Persians, Romans,
etc., had sailed up the Nile,
taking away the fine arts,
sciences, history and other
disciplines. There were
records on paper, on stone, on
walls in the temples that
rivaled anything produced
later in the Renaissance....
Over the years, I have painted
representative and figurative
subiects. About thirty years
ago, I was introduced to
Non-Objective Expressionism. I
didn't attempt abstract art in
the 1930s, nor did I try
during my years at the Barnes
Foundation. Dr. Barnes not
only has the world's finest
collection of Modern Art, but
presents the theory in his
book, "...
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BRENDA JOYSMITH GALLERY
Born in 1915, Claude Clark,
Sr. was an active Works
Progress Administration (WPA)
artist for three years. His
early works from the 1940s
reveal aspects of the good
life from an era overlapping
the Harlem Renaissance. His
dance scenes explore a fresh
and vibrant new world of ...
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SELLA JONES GALLERY
First NBC Center
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170
504 568-9050
888-400-9100 Toll Free
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