This exhibition of paintings by Ed Clark is at Hauser & Wirth in London till the 20th April and was something of a revelation. You can see from the photo above how huge some are.
I’d never heard of him till recently (I honestly don’t know why), especially as he was an abstract expressionist. Known for his use of large brushes to move the paint around and for being one of the first in that group to use shaped canvases.
His work isn’t about narrative, it’s about paint. That may not sound like much but is a prime case of the inadequacy of words.
These exude light and space, a feeling of exuberance as well as contemplation. I could look at them for hours.
Look how the painting extends to the sides – no framing needed here.
See if you can spot a sketch he did in Ted Joan‘s 9 metre long cadavre exquis currently on show in Surrealism Beyond Borders at Tate Modern.
