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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Black Clay: Dialogue in
Flux, August Wilson Center
Center for the Arts,
Pittsburgh PA
2007 Form and Function,
Crafts for Living Gallery,
Philadelphia PA
2006 Migrations of the
African Diaspora, Pittsburg
center for the Contemporaty
Arts, Pittsburg, PA
2006 Silent Voices, Loud
Echoes, African American
Museum in ...
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Artist Galleries:
Sande Webster Gallery
2006 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103...
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Artist Reviews:
Art Review: Exhibition looks
at Hurricane Katrina's
diaspora
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
By Mary Thomas
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When the word "diaspora" is
used in connection with
African-American history, it
is often paired with the slave
trade or with the
post-emancipation population
shift toward employment in
the...
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Collections:
The Kimmel Center of
Performing Arts, Philadelphia,
PA
Philadelphia Board of
Education
Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, PA
Doctor and Mrs. Arthur Weiss,
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Anthony Monteiro,
Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Zoological
Gardens
Ms. Jennifer Jordan, New
Jersey
West Chester State
University, PA
Ms. Vashti Dubois, Boston
Massachusetts
Dr. Miriam Maat ...
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Commissions:
Barbara Dawkins, Philadelphia,
PA, USA
Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania,
USA
Sande Webster Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA, US
Dr. Rebecca Thomas, India
John and Barbara Dawkins,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dr. Miriam Monges,
Philadelphia PA, usa
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Artist Statement for Michael Clemmons
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Philadelphia born artist Michael Clemmons uses a cultural palette when creating his mix-media works employing acrylics, graphite, paper and gold leaf; his luminous paintings reference timeless landscapes, figurative elements and symbols (West African Adinkra symbols as well as personal iconography). Clemmons’ oeuvre also includes a series of ceramic works entitled Ancestral Legacies, these lidded vessel or "bottle" forms with sculpted portrait heads are created in stoneware and porcelain and while they allude to functionality, Clemmons is more interested in” the symbolic notion of a vessel as a container for something important in much the same way that our bodies are ultimately vessels”. Always conscience of cultural realities he contends, “The realm of my expression has been profoundly shaped by my experience as an African-American male in this society. My response has been to draw from that legacy or cultural continuum for images, symbols, language and color to impart a spirit in my work, which not only informs but also facilitates the creation and sharing of a visual narrative” and sees himself ultimately as “one who channels elements from an “epic memory.”
Educated at the University of the Arts, Temple University and The Cay Studio in Philadelphia, Clemmons’ work is represented in public and private collections internationally.
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