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Mark Beard: Alter Egos
A visit to Mark Beard鈥檚 studio is akin to discovering Michelangelo鈥檚 lair: oil paintings cover the walls; life drawings are scattered on the tops of tables nestled at the feet of heroic bronzes; and ceramics and architectural maquettes abound鈥攙irtuosity in every medium. But then it gets even more interesting. Beard鈥檚 talents and artistic energy are in such abundance that over twenty years back he began channeling his creative output into a variety of alter egos. The persona of 鈥淏ruce Sargeant鈥� was the first conceived鈥攁n imaginary British artist born in 1898 and a contemporary of such intellectuals as E.M. Forster, Rupert Brooke, and John Sloan. Then came Sargeant鈥檚 teacher, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930), a 19th-century French Academician. The fraternity continued to grow with other students of Michallon鈥檚, such as Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962), an American avant-garde painter and close friend of Sargeant鈥檚; in addition to Brechtholt Streeruwitz (1890-1973), a troubled German Expressionist and arch-rival of Beard鈥檚 original alter ego. Mark Beard is certainly unprecedented, but not singular. Accomplished in every medium, he is more than a complete artist鈥攈e is now at least eight or nine, working in as many distinct and unique styles.
鈥淎lter Egos鈥� at ClampArt is a showcase of works by Beard鈥檚 first five personae鈥擝ruce Sargeant (1898-1938), Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930), Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962), Brechtholt Streeruwitz (1890-1973), and contemporary African-American painter Peter Coulter (b. 1948). However, recently more artists have emerged, and the exhibition will feature paintings by Beard鈥檚 newest personalities, including the Hudson River School painter Beard Beard (b. 1885), the queer contemporary figure Buggereau (b. 1956), and transsexual graffiti artist Princess Ormalu (b. 1979).
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A visit to Mark Beard鈥檚 studio is akin to discovering Michelangelo鈥檚 lair: oil paintings cover the walls; life drawings are scattered on the tops of tables nestled at the feet of heroic bronzes; and ceramics and architectural maquettes abound鈥攙irtuosity in every medium. But then it gets even more interesting. Beard鈥檚 talents and artistic energy are in such abundance that over twenty years back he began channeling his creative output into a variety of alter egos. The persona of 鈥淏ruce Sargeant鈥� was the first conceived鈥攁n imaginary British artist born in 1898 and a contemporary of such intellectuals as E.M. Forster, Rupert Brooke, and John Sloan. Then came Sargeant鈥檚 teacher, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930), a 19th-century French Academician. The fraternity continued to grow with other students of Michallon鈥檚, such as Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962), an American avant-garde painter and close friend of Sargeant鈥檚; in addition to Brechtholt Streeruwitz (1890-1973), a troubled German Expressionist and arch-rival of Beard鈥檚 original alter ego. Mark Beard is certainly unprecedented, but not singular. Accomplished in every medium, he is more than a complete artist鈥攈e is now at least eight or nine, working in as many distinct and unique styles.
鈥淎lter Egos鈥� at ClampArt is a showcase of works by Beard鈥檚 first five personae鈥擝ruce Sargeant (1898-1938), Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930), Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962), Brechtholt Streeruwitz (1890-1973), and contemporary African-American painter Peter Coulter (b. 1948). However, recently more artists have emerged, and the exhibition will feature paintings by Beard鈥檚 newest personalities, including the Hudson River School painter Beard Beard (b. 1885), the queer contemporary figure Buggereau (b. 1956), and transsexual graffiti artist Princess Ormalu (b. 1979).
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