Krannert Art Museum

In the 1960s, John Clem Clarke appropriated iconic works of art by historical European artists—not to exalt, mock, or personalize, but simply to situate the paintings within the context of mid-century America.

Here, Clarke refers to Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of the French King Louis XIV, who ruled as an absolute monarch and is remembered for declaring L'état c'est moi (I am the State).

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