Oral history interview with John Clem Clarke
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 58 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Clarke, John Clem, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012
label: Names
content: Kornblee, Jill
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Clarke, John Clem, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Clem Clarke (1937-) is a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 July 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clarke72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Clem Clarke conducted 1972 July 13, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Clarke speaks of his education; playing football for Oregon State University; his early aspirations to teach art; his travels; his studio in Liverpool, England during the Pop Art period, 1962; action painting; his use of stencils and photography; a painting's "visual code"; his influences; his dealers including Ivan C. Karp and Jill Kornblee; and "old master subjects". Clarke also explains his color theory.