S. GERARD CLARK is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee who has lived and worked in New Orleans for over a decade. Sean graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelors of Science in Biology with a concentration in Public Health and African-American Studies. Sean has always found art as a tool for navigating life throughout his work and academic career. He began his artistic practice as a landscape painter and over the years has transitioned into a variety of subjects that investigate the human condition. At the center of his creative practice are abstract and figurative works that capture internal narratives, specifically of Black lives, Black bodies and Black family histories. His most recent works explore rest as repair, blending painting and quilting to fill the literal and historical cracks of the past, and create a softness in technique, process and product. Sean has completed multiple artist residencies which include the Joan Mitchell Center, The Santa Fe Art Institute and Stoveworks. Sean recently received his MFA from Tulane University and is currently an instructor in painting, drawing, and printmaking at Dillard University.
Third Line is a statement on the role of the observer.
I observe
I observe
I observe
The World inundated by products and poverty
Parties and Pacificism
Progression except for Palestine
And don’t get me started on “PEACE”
I observe
I observe
I observe
Liberals against LIBERATION!
Those with no moral IQ against education.
Books banished and babies blown straight back to heaven.
I observe
I observe
I observe
What has happened and what is next.
Artist statement
Third Line, Acrylic & Oil Pastel on canvas
The Scream was created in response to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Their Hammers build nothing.
Their scales only weigh which thing is more unjust.
Both sides of the scale fall low.
Their mallets cast shadows over ballots.
The breadth of life becomes more narrow as we reach for new ways to breathe.
Inhales become gasp.
Exhales become screams.
Body sovereignty.
The right to love.
The right to vote.
Water.
Air.
The whole Earth.
It’s only a matter of time if we don’t scream.
Whatever is important to you will be the next thing they take.
Artist statement
The Scream, mixed media on paper
Volume 15.1, Winter 25
S. Gerard Clark
