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.
