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    Clyde Hopkins

     

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    Stylistically linked to many of the most important art movements of his time, Hopkins’ legacy is his large and diverse body of work, expressing both abstraction and early referents to representation in imaginative, surprising and lyrical ways.

    • Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1985
      Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1985
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    • Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1986
      Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1986
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  • Complementing Hopkins' solo exhibition Chaunticlere: Paintings from the 1980s at Upsilon's 23 East 67th Street Gallery, which continues through June...

    Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1986, oil on gesso on Heritage paper, 90 x 64 cm (35 3/8 x 25 1/4 in.)

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    Complementing Hopkins' solo exhibition Chaunticlere: Paintings from the 1980s at Upsilon's 23 East 67th Street Gallery, which continues through June 18, this focused online presentation spotlights nine works on paper. The combination of the performative and immersive is an interpretation, but it may prompt us to look at these impressive and serious works not as historical documents from the archive, but with a new interest, in the present tense, accompanied by the elements of surprise and discovery.

  • 'Clearly the performative aspect comes via the influence of American Action Painting (rather than abstract expressionism). Meaning is derived from...

    Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1988, oil on gesso on Heritage paper, 63 x 89.5 cm (24 7/8 x 35 1/4 in.)

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    "Clearly the performative aspect comes via the influence of American Action Painting (rather than abstract expressionism). Meaning is derived from the paint and the painter ‘doing’ rather than ‘describing’ something."

     

    -David Sweet

  • Hopkins combined Abstract Expressionism’s active gestures and freedoms with the intuitive approach to composition he had been developing. He worked instinctively, yet methodically—these works represent the evolution of his skill as a painter. It speaks to his ability to create volume in space, his mastery of color and his ability to harness the stark emotive power suggesting an attempt to access a kind of thought-before-words, uncorrupted by the socialized realm of language.

    • Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1986
      Clyde Hopkins, Untitled, 1986
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    • Clyde Hopkins, CNDA etc., 1987-88
      Clyde Hopkins, CNDA etc., 1987-88
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    • Clyde Hopkins, CNAA Black etc., 1988
      Clyde Hopkins, CNAA Black etc., 1988
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    • Clyde Hopkins, First Cockroach, etc., 1988-89
      Clyde Hopkins, First Cockroach, etc., 1988-89
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  • 'While the material performance of the pigment is maximised by the painter’s manipulative skills, his palette is usually restricted, with...
    Clyde Hopkins, Barcelona IV, December, 1989, oil on primed Batik paper, 70 x 100.5 cm (27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)
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    "While the material performance of the pigment is maximised by the painter’s manipulative skills, his palette is usually restricted, with black as the dominant feature."

     

    - David Sweet

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