Paying tribute to important indigenous plants.
"CONTINUUM BASKET: PIVAT" commissioned for PSAM.
Gerald Clarke is featured in an article entitled, THE ROOT CAUSE, by Carol Cheh.
A nice article about contemporary Native American art issues.
Article by Gordon Lee Johnson.
This is a video/performance work exploring the news/talk show media format.
This interactive "artwork" is an actual board game that viewers can play.
This series of works examines the the impacts of the Housing crisis of 2007-8, the loss of cultural and natural resources, and the human toll of loosing one's home.
This work was made in response to the false claim by the U.S. of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) held by the Iraqi Regime that was used to justify the war in Iraq.
This is a series of sculptural branding irons and"prints".
Paper, ink, a rubber stamp.....and the Internet.
A response to my experience at the #nodapl protests.
Cahuilla basket inspired sculptures created with hundreds of crushed aluminum cans.
Gerald Clarke is among several Native American artists featured in a Nov. 29, 2018 article by Dina Gilio-Whitaker. The following are excerpts from the article.
Cahuilla Artist Gerald Clarke Jr. honors his Native American heritage as well as makes a comment about the alcoholism and diabetes that plague native communities. Meet Gerald Clarke Jr and his creations.
This outdoor sculpture reflects my tribe's basketry tradition.
A couple of my mixed media basket explorations.
An outdoor sculpture created using ABS pipe and rice straw waddles. I am creating a sculpture inspired by Cahuilla basketry and also incorporating desert plants into the form. While the rice straw waddles are typically used to combat soil erosion, here I am using them to create and pay homage to this ancient Cahuilla art form.