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Francesco Clemente, Red White and Black I, 2024, Oil on canvas, © Francesco Clemente; Courtesy of Francesco Clemente Studio
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Although Clemente is a master and icon with ample works in
existing work is so extensive. As Clemente shares in parting wisdom,
museums, he is a believer in 昀椀nding art in the daily, in boarded up
“We shall be free, because our true nature is freedom.” ☐
buildings and other sites that might be viewed in the same way we
view art in institutional spaces. He shares, “Museums are a way
Contributed by: Ciara Shuttleworth
for our society to protect itself from art, locking it in the past, but
Ciara Shuttleworth is an alumnus of the prestigious San Francisco Art
Institute. She has worked for three prominent San Francisco 昀椀ne art galleries.
Additionally, she has provided art consulting for private and corporate
collections, including Google. She is also a published writer with works in the
Norton Introduction to Literature and The New Yorker. Her most recent
book is the poetry collection, Rabbit Heart.
beauty shall not be contained. It will 昀椀nd her way and it will disrupt
the schemes of power systems to control and manipulate us.” And
through projects including Great Expectations, the Clemente Bar,
and others, he has ensured his work is available to all.
Clemente’s works hold direct gazes and ample emotions for viewers
to engage with. His own interaction with the world is about being
free and expressing freedom. He has, for decades, been an artist
to watch with curiosity and enthusiasm, and we are lucky that his
contributions will continue into the foreseeable future, and that the
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