Nate Clark is a painter and an alumnus
of University of Nevada, Reno. His exhibition had hold for two months from
September though November in West Street Market. The name of this exhibition, Four by Fives, was based on the actual
size of paintings.
The seven paintings were shown in a small gallery space and were
painted with the same composition. It was a repeated plant cell-like (or oval)
pattern which filled the entire canvases. Each work was various in colors and
presented as a monochrome. On the sheet of artist introduction and work list,
Clark said he was interested in the simplicity. This project emphasized the
ideas of simplicity, repetition, and regularity.
Four by Fives paintings probably had some relations with Minimalism. Minimal art
is a form of postmodern art. It started as an abstract art movement during the
1960s. In general, it focuses on approaching essence. In Clark’s another
exhibition Once Again, holding in
2013, it was mentioned that he is strongly inspired the artist Julie Mehretu.
Mehretu is also an abstract painter. Her works are often shown with numerous
geometric figures and intensive lines. It maybe seems that Four by Fives had nearly no connection to her works, but I think both
Clark and Mehretu try to use various shapes as a way to explore art.
One of the ways that make abstract art be interesting is that it is allowed to be analyzed differently depends
on the audiences. For me I viewed Four by
Fives by a biological aspect. Because the pattern reminds me plant cells, I
think the paintings might imply how even though lives are so diverse, they all
begin from a single cell.
That is, Clark might create this pattern to represent the simplicity of life.
Reference: Local Art: Once Again by Nate Clark
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