A Neo-Constructivist: Clark Goolsby

Synthesis II
mixed media on canvas

Clark Goolsby was born in 1980, in Santa Rosa, california. He lives in Los Angeles. Here is his blog.

Expanded View
mixed media on canvas

The Soviet Constructivists of the Twenties come to mind. There are, of course, clear differences: the delicacy of the colors; then the elements that have room in his works (and couldn't be found at the Constructivists) - the skull, some emancipated female silhouettes, etc; and the stripes remind rather the Washington Color School.

Vertical Hold
paper collage on canvas

But his penchant for the Constructivist art is obvious: the geometrical corps, the embedded letters; and more than that, the generous audacity of the shapes.

Little Punks
mixed media on canvas

Scrape
mixed media on canvas

Progress
paper collage on paper

Skull I
mixed media on canvas

Teeth II (Manga)
mixed media on corduroy

(Contemporary Art)