Meditations on the Nature of Order

In the ‘Meditations on the Nature of Order’ series, Brian Clarke collages found and drawn elements with brightly coloured grids. Clarke explains in 2019 the appeal of matrices, which have formed a recurring motif in his work since the 1980s:

In the ‘Meditations on the Nature of Order’ series, Brian Clarke collages found and drawn elements with brightly coloured grids. Clarke explains in 2019 the appeal of matrices, which have formed a recurring motif in his work since the 1980s:

‘Grids have always been a source of pleasure for me, probably because they deliver a reliable basis for art to challenge the idea of the constant. If you begin with order, disruption or even chaos will inevitably follow.’