Leigh Clarke | Little Rhino & Junglejen, 2024
Monoprint
Media Dimensions: 112 x 76 cm
Image Dimensions: 112 x 76 cm
Edition of 8 (with unique variations)
Framed/unframed
Little Rhino & Junglejen is part of a series of new editioned monoprint works, by Leigh Clarke, to celebrate UK nightclubs. One third of UK nightclubs have closed; this is partly due to the increasing overheads and small margins that the industry bears. However, rising cost-of-living squeezes us all and means choices are made – increasingly people opt for big one-off blow-outs at photogenic festivals, over a regular night out to a local club. Clarke reflects on dance culture in the 90’s, remembering shamanic moments of disconnect on dance floors and the united euphoria of strangers in dark spaces. Sharing the concerns of Jonathan Haidt in his book, The Anxious Generation, Clarke locates bloggers from social media platforms and imagines them in movement, in physical spaces, resolving differences through human interaction and dance. He has exhibited widely, most notably at The Whitechapel Gallery, Turner Contemporary and The Royal Academy of Arts. He has had solo exhibitions at the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, Belgium, Kusseneers Gallery Brussels, Airspace Gallery Stoke-on-Trent, Whitstable Biennale and LOKAAL 01 Antwerp. He has been a Print Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools since 2012 and works from his studio in Margate.
Monoprint
Media Dimensions: 112 x 76 cm
Image Dimensions: 112 x 76 cm
Edition of 8 (with unique variations)
Framed/unframed
Little Rhino & Junglejen is part of a series of new editioned monoprint works, by Leigh Clarke, to celebrate UK nightclubs. One third of UK nightclubs have closed; this is partly due to the increasing overheads and small margins that the industry bears. However, rising cost-of-living squeezes us all and means choices are made – increasingly people opt for big one-off blow-outs at photogenic festivals, over a regular night out to a local club. Clarke reflects on dance culture in the 90’s, remembering shamanic moments of disconnect on dance floors and the united euphoria of strangers in dark spaces. Sharing the concerns of Jonathan Haidt in his book, The Anxious Generation, Clarke locates bloggers from social media platforms and imagines them in movement, in physical spaces, resolving differences through human interaction and dance. He has exhibited widely, most notably at The Whitechapel Gallery, Turner Contemporary and The Royal Academy of Arts. He has had solo exhibitions at the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, Belgium, Kusseneers Gallery Brussels, Airspace Gallery Stoke-on-Trent, Whitstable Biennale and LOKAAL 01 Antwerp. He has been a Print Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools since 2012 and works from his studio in Margate.
Monoprint
Media Dimensions: 112 x 76 cm
Image Dimensions: 112 x 76 cm
Edition of 8 (with unique variations)
Framed/unframed
Little Rhino & Junglejen is part of a series of new editioned monoprint works, by Leigh Clarke, to celebrate UK nightclubs. One third of UK nightclubs have closed; this is partly due to the increasing overheads and small margins that the industry bears. However, rising cost-of-living squeezes us all and means choices are made – increasingly people opt for big one-off blow-outs at photogenic festivals, over a regular night out to a local club. Clarke reflects on dance culture in the 90’s, remembering shamanic moments of disconnect on dance floors and the united euphoria of strangers in dark spaces. Sharing the concerns of Jonathan Haidt in his book, The Anxious Generation, Clarke locates bloggers from social media platforms and imagines them in movement, in physical spaces, resolving differences through human interaction and dance. He has exhibited widely, most notably at The Whitechapel Gallery, Turner Contemporary and The Royal Academy of Arts. He has had solo exhibitions at the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, Belgium, Kusseneers Gallery Brussels, Airspace Gallery Stoke-on-Trent, Whitstable Biennale and LOKAAL 01 Antwerp. He has been a Print Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools since 2012 and works from his studio in Margate.
