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The Clark Art Collection began more than ten years ago. It centers on the work of emerging Black and Brown artists in North America and beyond.

Thematically much of the collection speaks to issues of representation and collective memory, confronting systems of power, and recorded history, with constructed versions of race, ancestry, migration, gender, sexuality, and class that warrant contestation.

Many of the artists engage their work as visual and social activism, aiming to provoke viewers into civic participation, if not full-blown activism. Throughout the Clark Collection, history, politics, identity, and popular culture are disrupted by artists who create with eclectic materials in mediums spanning the visual arts.

The majority of the Clark Collection is on display in the Clarks’ private residences, with the exception of a few pieces — most notably the portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, which are on display in the National Portrait Gallery. These portraits were painted by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively.

We hope you enjoy these pieces and encourage you to learn more about all of the art and artists you see here.
THE GALLERY
Fairmount Park Stables, Cowtown Royalty

Fairmount Park Stables, Cowtown Royalty

Modern Times on Theres: All Together

Modern Times on Theres: All Together

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Boy with Herring Bone Hat

Boy with Herring Bone Hat

Spring Has Sprung

Spring Has Sprung

Always 4576

Always 4576

Snow in the Grand Tetons (Grand Tetons I)

Snow in the Grand Tetons (Grand Tetons I)

Sending

Sending

Blooming Red Soil

Blooming Red Soil

A Story To Yell

A Story To Yell

Kouzen Zaka Minis Agrikiliti

Kouzen Zaka Minis Agrikiliti

Silver River - Mississippi

Silver River - Mississippi

Nella

Nella

Encontros Politicos

Encontros Politicos

You Embrace Me With The Blessings of Every New Day

You Embrace Me With The Blessings of Every New Day

As the Day Ends, and the Sunsets, Your Warmth Carries Us Forward

As the Day Ends, and the Sunsets, Your Warmth Carries Us Forward

Sunday and Her Decadence

Sunday and Her Decadence

Butter

Butter

Unknown

Unknown

Minion: Four Legged Spider

Minion: Four Legged Spider

Entre Nous

Entre Nous

Unknown

Unknown

Orchid Suite

Orchid Suite

Setd: BaakaaTiche (Cradle Board); Xuuchkaate = Little Girl - BushyHair

Setd: BaakaaTiche (Cradle Board); Xuuchkaate = Little Girl - BushyHair

Pink Moccasins

Pink Moccasins

End of Today Sculpture

End of Today Sculpture

Monterey Cypress Tree

Monterey Cypress Tree

End of Today

End of Today

ÍO

ÍO

Seagull

Seagull

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