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Art Speaks: Ed Clark Beyond the Canvas
Ed Clark was an abstract painter who established his legacy creating collages that extend beyond the canvas, pioneering the broom-sweep technique, and developing elliptical paintings and drawings. Join Justice Henderson, 2023-2025 Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow, as she explores Clark’s works on paper that were gifted in the Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection.
Participants will receive Zoom information after registering. This event will have automated closed captions. A recording of the program may be posted on SLAM’s YouTube channel and at slam.org at a later date.

Ed Clark, American, 1926–2019; Untitled (Bahia Series), 1988; dry pigment and acrylic; 29 3/8 x 32 3/4 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie 130:2017; © Ed Clark / Michael Rosenfeld Gallery