Children delight in balloons and bunnies frolic on a Central Park lawn in new ceramics by Australia-to-New York transplant Jake Clark at A Hug from the Art World. Titled ‘At the Carlyle,’ Clark’s show is an homage to murals by Marcel Vertes’ in The Carlyle’s Café and the famed wall works by Ludwig Bemelmans (author of the Madeline children’s books) in the Bemelmans Bar. Large, colorful and joyous, the focus of the ceramics is more on Clark’s vibrant interpretation of Bemelman’s illustration than The Carlyle’s dimly-lit spaces, fitting for a late summer show.
Jake Clark, Bemelmans Bar (Dancing Bunnies), glazed earthenware, 16.15 x 5.1 inches, 2022.
Merrily Kerr is an art critic and writer based in New York. For more than 20 years, Merrily has published in international art magazines including Time Out New York, Art on Paper, Flash Art, Art Asia Pacific, Art Review, and Tema Celeste in addition to writing catalogue essays and guest lecturing. Merrily teaches art appreciation at Marymount Manhattan College and has taught for Cooper Union Continuing Education.
For more than a decade Merrily has crafted personalized tours of cultural discovery in New York's galleries and museums for individuals and groups, including corporate tours, collectors, artists, advertising agencies, and student groups from Texas Woman's University, Parsons School of Design, Chicago's Moody Institute, Cooper Union Continuing Education, Hunter College Continuing Education and other institutions. Merrily's tours have been featured in The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Sydney Morning Herald and Philadelphia Magazine.
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