SANS LAnd
Marcus ‘Delmar’ clarke
September 13 - October 15, 2021
Marcus ‘Delmar’ Clarke
ABout the Artist
Marcus “Delmar” Clarke is a transmedia artist and graphic designer who is fixated on creating a sense of wonder through unexpected mediums such as minerals, cyanotype, and construction materials integrated with new media like LED panels, projection mapping, and augmented reality. His faith (and doubts within that faith) drives his practice, revolving around the pursuit of life to the full in mind, body, and spirit. Marcus is a mixed-race Latino, raised in Boerne, TX, and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2019. He moved to Austin quickly thereafter and exhibited his first solo exhibition, "Zion's Window", in February of 2020 at Vesper Gallery.
By combining familiar elements like stone, rock, and dirt, and altering their context through light and digital interfaces, something unfamiliar and ethereal comes to life. Clarke’s exhibition presents liminal spaces that seek to create meaning in the tension between despondent and vibrant moments in one’s life. Sans Land, emanating from the artist’s experience in the landscapes of the American West, sits in the gap between belonging and the unfamiliar, and invites the viewer to accept and embrace that tension.
“Unfamiliarity and novelty cloud my vision against a rivaling feeling of belonging and warmth. Barren but vibrant, hard rock landscapes both communicate its hostile and untamable nature, yet offer a subtle embrace. The tension of these landscapes are similar to the tension of living - truly living.”
virtual walkthrough
