George Cladis: Hook of Life

George Cladis: Hook of Life, Concept, Assemblage, Construct

1. Hook of Life: Acrylic, Rope, Jute and Linen 84"x48"

2. Promises: Detail from Hook of Life 84"x48"

3. Order from Chaos: Mixed Media 84"x60"

4. Slaying of gods: Acrylic on linen with jute overlay 48"x60"

5. Speak: Plaster relief and rope on canvas 84"x40"

6. Conundrum: Sardine Cans on Jute Board 48"x40"
Message in last two rows of sardine cans: "Is my Art the Idea or is the Idea my Art".

7. My Dearest Son: Assemblage Mixed Media, 3D heart and head. 46"x60".

8. The Have Not: Oil on canvas. Shrouded with cloth-mesh and wood batten strip matrix 50"x50".

9. Dilemma: Mixed media assemblage. 42"x32".

10. Selection: Triptych Acrylic and Rope 90"x76".

11. Equality: Mixed Media Assemblage on sized linen 72"x80".

12. David: Acrylic on linen with jute overlay. 4 panels 120"x84".

13. John the Baptist: Mixed media assemblage. 3D head. 52"x52".

14. Dragon Slayer: Assemblage. Mixed media on sized linen. 3D horse. 80"x72".

15. Adieu: Acrylic, sized linen. Cloth stitching. Wire-mesh head. Recessed 3D figures.48"x64".

16.Life is the Word: Acrylic, sized linen, cloth, stitching. Recessed head on ceramic plate. Wire mesh. 48"x64".

17. Election: Acrylic. Silk overlay on linen. 78"x58".

18. Safety Zone: Acrylic, jute overlay and plaster. Two panels from 5 panel mixed media 84"x100".

19. Born Free: Boxed assemblage. Canvas. Sand bags. 51"x37".

20. Pax: Acrylic and stones 84"x60".

21. Rain Dancer: Oil, stitching. Wire mesh and mirrors. 84"x48".

22. The Lady: Acrylic on linen with stitching and flag 30"x24".

23. America: Mixed media 72"x40".

24. George Cladis with America.

Musics: Track 5 from the Album Beethoven: Symphony No.9; Overture "Coriolan"
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker (1996)
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Original 35mm slides by Jennifer Kottar (Tribeca).

George Cladis, Tribeca Artist, was born and educated in NYC. He studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Adja Yunkers. Following an outstanding career in
aeronautics/aerospace (Distinguished Fellow, College of Aeronautics), he
moved to Paris, France where he was Artist in Residence at the American
Center for the Arts and the Cité International des Arts (1969-73). Returning to NYC, he invented novel techniques to portray experiences drawn from a tightly bound immigrant community and the pre-Glasnost industrial-military complex. In 1990, his work, Atomic Dust at Dawn, won first prize at the Cultural and Heritage Affairs of Union County, NJ sponsored by Merck &Co. Then, April Kingsley wrote: a radiance bursts out of agitated, turgid, paint-encrusted surfaces transmuting Cladis' spirituality to the physical canvas that
the viewer takes back to the spiritual.

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