{"id":13107,"date":"2022-11-22T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=13107"},"modified":"2022-11-22T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:49:20","slug":"michael-mcclard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/michael-mcclard\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael McClard"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6939\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13107-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/MichaelMcClard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/MichaelMcClard.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/MichaelMcClard.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13115 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0424.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0424-rotated.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0424-rotated.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Michael McClard arrived in New York in 1973 with a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he also won a Peabody Award in Sculpture. He soon made his mark on the art scene as a member of a highly original group of young artists who helped to revive an interest in painting and visual performance. He was a founding member of the noted artists\u2019 support\u00a0 group Colab and its first chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Sidestepping the confines \u00a0of abstract conceptual art, \u00a0McClard\u2019s work seethes with figurative content; yet it has nevertheless retained a conceptual element and mines a strong vein of humor. During the 70s he staged provocative \u00a0performances such as \u00ab Foes v. Foes \u00bb at the Kitchen and\u00a0 surreal, carnivalesque installations at venues such as the Clocktower (\u00ab There\u2019s Meat on these Bones \u00bb) ; PS 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, \u00a0De Appel, Amersterdam and N.A.M.E Gallery, Chicago. For these presentations, he constructed all sets and props and performed, often as sole actor. His one-act play, \u00ab Mumbo Jumbo, \u00bb was published in <em>Avalanche <\/em>12, Winter 1975.<\/p>\n<p>In October 1981, his first large-scale one-man show of paintings and frescoes took place at Mary Boone, occupying both galleries on either side of West Broadway. Drawing on sources from\u00a0 mythology, history and\u00a0 everyday life, he created a pantheon of imaginary characters, notable for their tactile raw energy, range of facial expressiveness and astute power of observation. Also featured were\u00a0 inventive depictions of historical scenes,\u00a0 acclaimed by critics such as Grace Glueck of the <u>New York Times<\/u> for their verve and by Hal Foster of <u>Art in America<\/u> for their metaphysical insights. Many of these works were acquired by New York and Los Angeles public and private collectors. During this period\u00a0 McClard was also awarded two fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts, in Visual Arts and Mixed Media.<\/p>\n<p>In the 90s McClard took a temporary hiatus from painting to explore new media. He embraced the digital revolution and applied his draughtsmanship skills to the creation of original software with his brother Peter McClard through their dotcom enterprise, Hologramophone Research.\u00a0 The computer installation \u00abCharacters\u00bb furthered his interest in human physiognomy by generating an unlimited sequence of drawings of faces and was exhibited in \u00ab\u00a0A visage d\u00e9couvert,\u00a0\u00bb Fondation Cartier pour l&#8217;Art Contemporain, Jouy-en Josas, France.<\/p>\n<p>The book mentioned in the interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/1Ej4cbb\">Leavings: Memoir of a 1920s Hollywood Love Child.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13116\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13116\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0801-rotated.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0801-rotated.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0801-rotated.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI Might Have to Bite You\u201d 1983, pastel on Strathmore, 24\u201d x 18\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13117\" style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13117\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0835-rotated.jpeg?resize=641%2C855&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0835-rotated.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0835-rotated.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHello Darling\u201d 1983, pastel on Strathmore, 24\u201d x 18\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13118\" style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13118\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0836-rotated.jpeg?resize=641%2C855&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0836-rotated.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0836-rotated.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMiss Bozzart\u201d 1983, pastel on Strathmore, 24\u201d x 18\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/MichaelMcClard.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listMichael McClard arrived in New York in 1973 with a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he also won a Peabody Award in Sculpture. 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