2nd Jun, 2019 9:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
43
Peter Clarke (South Africa 1929-2014)
Every night she worries (that something terrible has happened) because he persists in coming home late
pen and ink, acrylic, fabric and collage on paper
Artwork date: 1999
Signature details: signed bottom right and inscribed with the title; signed, inscribed with the title, medium and artist's address on the reverse
pen and ink, acrylic, fabric and collage on paper
Artwork date: 1999
Signature details: signed bottom right and inscribed with the title; signed, inscribed with the title, medium and artist's address on the reverse
(1)
64.5 x 48.5 cm
Notes:
In a passage in their 2014 monograph on Peter Clarke[i], Elizabeth Rankin and Philippa Hobbs write eloquently about this work:“In She worries because he comes home late every night (1999) two figures occupy the same building but seem isolated, separated from each other by the architecture of the house. […] The gulf between the two figures is also established through their opposing means of representation for, while one is a simple white form in the doorway, the other is a photocopy of a photograph of an artist Clarke had met in Baltimore in 1976. The starting point for the work is the way she appeared in the original photograph, as if waiting for something to happen.The woman looks anxiously out of the window [says Clarke] because her husband is late again, that is if he is coming. It is related to peoplewhose husbands work out of town. It is also related to my cousin who lived in Heideveld..and who did not come home. His body was found a few days later.The figure that accompanies her lonely presence is reminiscent of the elongated plank-like vigango commemmorative posts with shaped heads, commonly placed at the homes of the deceased by Giryama traditionalists in East Africa.”
Sources:
[i] Hobbs, P. and Rankin, E. (2014) Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of peter Clarke. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. p. 182
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 2nd Jun, 2019
Aspire Art Auctions presented a focused and insightfully compiled selection of top-quality modern and contemporary art in their latest sale in Johannesburg.
The company’s commitment to innovation led to a bold and signature move in this sale, which featured a special section dedicated to photography. The medium has been traditionally strong among South African artists but has been without a proper focus in the local auction market. The ground-breaking segment featured a wide range of the most important South African photographers, including Pieter Hugo, David Goldblatt, Guy Tillim, and Zanele Muholi. In addition, the sale starred a number of the market’s big signatures – Alexis Preller J.H. Pierneef, Gerard Sekoto, and Maggie Laubser and top contemporary artists including, Diane Victor, and Wim Botha.
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