David J. Clarke Explained

David James Clarke (born 1954) is honorary professor of modern and contemporary art history at the University of Hong Kong where he taught from 1986 to 2017.[1] He was born in Somerset, England, earned his PhD in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, in 1983. As an art historian he specialises in the art of Europe, North America and China from the eighteenth century to the present day. He is also active as a visual artist, particularly as a photographer.[2]

Selected publications

Journal articles

Clarke’s scholarly articles have been published in journals such as Art History, Art Journal, Journal of American Studies, Oriental Art, Public Culture, The American Journal of Semiotics, Art Criticism, Postcolonial Studies, Journal of Visual Culture, Early Music, Semiotica, Asian Art News, Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, Localities, and Third Text.[3]

Books

Online projects

Selected solo exhibitions

Source:[5]

Selected group exhibitions

Source:

Creative Writing

Public service

Clarke has played a variety of public service roles in Hong Kong. He was External Moderator for the Strategic Planning Group which developed the Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s first strategic plan (1994-1996) and also served on the HKADC’s Visual Arts Committee from 1995-6. He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Arts Centre between 1994 and 2005. Clarke was involved with setting up the Hong Kong Art School, acting as the first chair of its Academic Committee and as a founding member of its Council (2000-2010). He was also a member of the Museums Advisory Group (2005-2006) which developed the conceptual plan for M+ (opened in 2021).  He served on the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority’s Museum Committee between 2014 and 2016 and as a member of the Board of the Corporate Trustee of the M+ Collections Trust (which holds legal ownership of the M+ collections on behalf of the Hong Kong people as the beneficial owners) from 2016–2022.

In roles outside of Hong Kong, Clarke served on the College Art Association’s International Committee (2002-2005), and as a member of the External Review Panel, Arts Quality Assurance Framework, Singapore Ministry of Education, 2018–2020.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David J. CLARKE | Department of Art History . arthistory.hku.hk . 2022-03-23.
  2. Web site: CV . arthistory.hku.hk . 2022-03-23.
  3. Web site: HKU Scholars Hub: Researcher Page . 2022-11-23 . hub.hku.hk.
  4. Kuo . Jason C. . Hong Kong Art: Culture and Decolonization (review) . China Review International . 2003 . 10 . 1 . 120–124 . . 10.1353/cri.2004.0029 . 144862260 .
  5. Web site: fa2admin . A portfolio of David Clarke's artworks . 2022-11-01 . Art History @HKU . en-US.
  6. Web site: t . 2022-10-18 . [EXCLUSIVE] "A Jellyfish Explains Life" by David Clarke ]. 2022-11-23 . Cha . en.
  7. Web site: The music director and soloists of 'Hong Kong Odyssey', Hong Kong City Hall, Central, 26 February 2017 Hong Kong in Transition . 2022-11-23 . arthistory.hku.hk.
  8. Web site: Hong Kong in Transition . 2022-11-23 . arthistory.hku.hk.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "David J. Clarke".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.