Krista Clark | After Barkley

Krista Clark

KRISTA CLARK

Still Life no.3, 2022

Concrete, wood, work light, extension cord 9.5 x 124 inches

After Barkley

STATEMENT

Sandler Hudson Gallery is pleased to announce its first one-person exhibition for Atlanta-based artist, Krista Clark. This exhibition entitled, After Barkley, featuring works on paper and wall sculptures, merges the ongo ing architectural focus of Clark’s practice with her less forthcoming admiration of basketball. This series was triggered for Clark by several events, all linked to the act of endurance and navigating the unknown: a pandemic, aging, loss, and change.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022 - JANUARY 7, 2023

During the time of the pandemic in April of 2020, the documentary, The Last Dance, about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls was released. The 10-part se ries became a “life jacket” for Clark when the world was flooded with fear. The documentary allowed Clark to live in the before times; pre-lockdown, pre-singing while washing hands and pre-Covid mortality. It brought its audience back to 1984 and to a lanky 21-year-old Jor dan, whose command of the court, humanity and im perfections were all revealed with every episode.

KRISTA CLARK

Basketball saves. “

Krista Clark, After Barkley, 2022

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART, ARCHITECHTURE, AND BASKETBALL

After Barkley is inspired by the late artist, Barkley Hen dricks’ basketball series, in particular, a triptych entitled, “Father, Son, And,” (1969). Continuing with Hendricks’s overlap of religious iconography and basketball, After Bar kley notates through abstraction the sacred space of the basketball court.

KRISTA CLARK | PLAY 2, VERSE 1, 2022

KRISTA CLARK | PLAY 2, VERSE 2, 2022

KRISTA CLARK | PLAY 2, VERSE 3, 2022

KRISTA CLARK | PLAY 2, VERSE 4, 2022

KRISTA CLARK | PLAY 2, VERSE 5, 2022

DETAIL

“Play 3, Verse 1”, 2022

Pastel, graphite,carbon paper, and plastic fencing

KRISTA CLARK

“Play 3, Verse 1”, 2022

Pastel, graphite,carbon paper, and plastic fencing

28.5 x 24 inches (without frame) Please contact the gallery for pricing.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

KRISTA CLARK was born in Burlington, Vermont and currently lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work is in the per manent collection of the High Museum of Art and MOCA GA. Clark’s work has been featured at the Studio Museum in Har lem, RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Denver, The United States Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia, The Atlanta Contem porary Art Center, The High Museum and was included in the most recent New Mu seum Triennial. She is a recipient of the Ar tadia Award and the Working Artist Project Award with MOCA GA. She received her BFA from Atlanta College of Art, MA from New York University and MFA from Geor gia State University. Krista Clark is an As sistant Professor at Morehouse College.

Selected Solo Exhibitions include After Barkley, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlan ta, GA; Untenanted, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, New York Base Line of Appraisal, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia; Pause of Construction {POEM 88}, Atlanta, Manufactured (Boundaries) with Lauren Peterson, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta; At the Corner of the Sublime— Heights, Manors, and Views, Callanwol de Fine Arts Center, Atlanta.

Collections include Clark Atlanta Universi ty Art Museum, High Museum of Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (MOCA GA).

KRISTA CLARK | UNTITLED, 2022

CONCRETE, WOOD, PLASTIC BUCKET | 39 x 24 x 2 INCHES

KRISTA CLARK | PLAY 1, VERSE 1, 2022

GET IN TOUCH

739 Trabert Ave NW, Suite B Atlanta, GA, 30318 (404)-817-3300 gallery@sandlerhudson.com www.sandlerhudson.com/