PETER CLARKE LISTENING TO DISTANT THUNDER: A BRAND NEW ART BOOK BY PHILIPPA HOBBS & ELIZABETH RANKIN

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LISTENING TO DISTANT THUNDER: THE ART OF PETER CLARKE           (PHILIPPA HOBBS & ELIZABETH RANKIN)

Originally published by the Standard Bank as part of a curated exhibition in May 2011, this prestigious volume celebrates the life and works of Peter Clarke (1929-2014), one of South Africas foremost artists. A mere 500 copies were originally published, all taken up at the exhibition, and continued demand has led to the re-release of this comprehensive book (now also out of print) which tells the story of Clarkes work over the decades. In 1956 Clarke left his job as a dockworker in Simons Town to devote himself to art. The wisdom of this decision is reflected in a remarkable career, which extended over some six decades and was acknowledged in the awards of the Order of Ikhamanga (silver) in 2005 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke recounts an artists life in the context of the social history of South Africa from the 1940s onwards. His images reflect the social disruption of the Cape Flats, and the trauma of his community's forced removal from Simons Town to the bleak apartheid township of Ocean View. Yet Clarkes images have avoided bitterness, and his work is a perceptive scrutiny and celebration of life in all its aspects, expressing his ongoing delight in ordinary, everyday experiences... from the challenges of the journey to freedom to the ordinary things that make up our existence. His works were sometimes created as a response to events, sometimes as a respite from them, and sometimes, as he often said, for no reason other than the sheer delight of making them! But even when his works appear unconnected to a social imperative, the licence to record his visual world was an assertion of self and an affirmation of the human spirit.

Illustrated with more than 200 reproductions and photographs, this book was researched and written by well-known South African art historians Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin, in close collaboration with the artist over a period of almost seven years.

PHILIPPA HOBBS holds post-graduate qualifications in Fine Art and History of Art. She is currently the curator of the MTN Art Collection and manages the Arts and Culture Portfolio at the MTN Foundation. She is also a Research Fellow of the University of Johannesburg: Visual Identities in Art and Design.

ELIZABETH RANKIN was appointed Professor of Art History at the University of Auckland in 1998, after many years of service at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Since the late 1980s, her many publications and exhibitions have focused on recovering the stories of artists who have been little researched, particularly sculptors and printmakers.

Hardcover: 224 pages / Dimensions: 28 x 28 cm / Language: English

Publisher: Random House Struik (March 1, 2015)

ISBN-10: 1775841618 / ISBN-13: 978-1775841616

Images : From the collection of the National Gallery (accessed from Arsomnibus)

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THE YOUNG PETER CLARKE (IN THE MIDDLE) RECEIVING ART TUITION BY JOHANNES MEINTJES (ROELAND STREET, 1948)

[ Image from the Johannes Meintjes Archives and Johannes Meintjes Archival Website ]

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