Than Hussein Clark
B. 1981, Exeter, New Hampshire
Lives and works in London and Hamburg.
Biography
Than Hussein Clark (b. 1981, New Hampshire, USA) is an artist, designer, performer, director, and writer based in London and Hamburg. His work explores economies and histories taken from architecture, the decorative arts, and theater to explore new trajectories for queer objects and subjectivities in the present.
Recent exhibitions and performance projects include 58th October Salon, Belgrade Biennale 2021; A Little Night Music (And Reversals), CRAC Occitanie, Sète, France; Yes, Yes, all the News That’s Fit to Print, Art Basel Parcours; A Month in the Country, Galerie Karin Guenter, Hamburg; Tete-A-Tete (A Dolls House), Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; Tragedy Machine (with Villa Design Group), MIT, Cambridge, Mass; The 2016 Liverpool Biennial (with Villa Design Group); We Call it Ludwig (with Villa Design Group), Museum Ludwig, Cologne; The Violet Crab at DRAF, David Roberts Art Foundation, London; DEBTS (Erotic Review Sinai), Futura, Prague; Republic Authorizations (L’Aigle à Deux Tetes), Mathew New York, New York; A Summer’s Rest (Je T’aime Mont Blanc), with Villa Design Group, LISTE Performance Program, Junges Theater Basel; Inauguration of the Russian Season: The banquet (with Villa Design Group); Waves (Das Gluckliche Rothschild), Mathew Gallery, Berlin; Royal Institute of British Architecture, London; The Pool’s Edge or Gstaad Will Never Change, Swiss Institute, New York.
Clark is a founding member of Villa Design Group and lives and works between London and Hamburg.To date, he has written, directed and staged over 14 plays at institutions including The Swiss Institute, Frans Hals Museum, M.I.T List Center and Art Basel, where his play Yes, Yes, All the News That’s Fit to Print was included in Art Basel Parcours.
Than Hussein Clark, Jean Desert Display System A, 2017
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass (without dresses)
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass (without dresses)
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Jean Desert Display System B (Eurasian Roller)
, 2017
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, History of a Balcony or Envy, 2017
4 channel super HD video
4 channel super HD video
Than Hussein Clark, At the Egyptian Museum in Turin, 2017
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, At the Egyptian Museum in Turin, 2017
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches) (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches) (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Chronicle of the Murdered House as an Enameled Cigarette Case, 2017
Moravian crystal, steel, enamel
250 × 190 × 10 cm (98 ⅜ × 74 ¾ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Moravian crystal, steel, enamel
250 × 190 × 10 cm (98 ⅜ × 74 ¾ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Than Hussein Clark, Illustrators Screen-Exit without Door ( All the Pretty Laughes in Tennesse Williams Plays), 2014
White Cork, French Oak, Indigo Ink, Bronze, Silk, Lurex, Rayon, Satin, Sequins, Pins
180 × 260 × 12 cm (70 ⅞ × 102 ⅜ × 4 ¾ inches)
White Cork, French Oak, Indigo Ink, Bronze, Silk, Lurex, Rayon, Satin, Sequins, Pins
180 × 260 × 12 cm (70 ⅞ × 102 ⅜ × 4 ¾ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Baron De Ritten at the Assembly, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Planning the Funeral of Signora De Ritten-Wagner! Apothiosis!, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Moonlight Forever!, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, The Orchestra: Tarumrumrumrumrumrum!, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Silverback and Boy at Bove Marino, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, The Travelling Salesmen Paolo Castretta, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Daydress of Signora De Ritten , 2016
Brass and Aluminium
92 × 44.5 × 10 cm (36 ¼ × 17 ½ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Brass and Aluminium
92 × 44.5 × 10 cm (36 ¼ × 17 ½ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Atrium Bouquet (Grotta Bleue Hotel - Corner Right), 2016
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
225 × 50 × 57 cm (88 ⅝ × 19 ⅝ × 22 ½ inches)
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
225 × 50 × 57 cm (88 ⅝ × 19 ⅝ × 22 ½ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Atrium Bouquet (Grotta Bleue Hotel - Corner Left), 2016
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
220 × 81 × 59 cm (86 ⅝ × 31 ⅞ × 23 ¼ inches) and
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
220 × 81 × 59 cm (86 ⅝ × 31 ⅞ × 23 ¼ inches) and
Than Hussein Clark, The Replacement who Cried Replacement (Bleak White Lizard Against Old Stone), 2020
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 cm (15 × 21 ½ inches)
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 cm (15 × 21 ½ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Poet James Loop and the Artist Benjamin Edwin Slinger Enact the Mediterranean Crossing Reversal, 2020
Photographic prints, notebook, mirror polished aluminium
120 × 60 cm (47 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches)
Photographic prints, notebook, mirror polished aluminium
120 × 60 cm (47 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Artist Jordan Derrien Encounters the Replacement Who Cried Replacement, 2020
Polaroid prints, signed page from Renaud Camus's Châteaux monograph, mirror polished aluminium
60 × 120 cm (23 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Polaroid prints, signed page from Renaud Camus's Châteaux monograph, mirror polished aluminium
60 × 120 cm (23 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Score for Basso Profundo, 2020
music stand, handbound first edition copy of FHAR: Rapport contre la normalité : le Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire rassemble les pièces de son dossier d'accusation : simple révolte ou début d'une révolution, Symptome 3, Editions ChampLibre
150 × 50 × 28 cm (59 × 19 ⅝ × 11 inches)
music stand, handbound first edition copy of FHAR: Rapport contre la normalité : le Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire rassemble les pièces de son dossier d'accusation : simple révolte ou début d'une révolution, Symptome 3, Editions ChampLibre
150 × 50 × 28 cm (59 × 19 ⅝ × 11 inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Receipt Lens with James Loop, 2020
Tangerine mirror box, receipt paper, postcards, drinking glasses, wax
135 × 59 × 42 cm (53 ⅛ × 23 ¼ × 16 ½ inches)
Tangerine mirror box, receipt paper, postcards, drinking glasses, wax
135 × 59 × 42 cm (53 ⅛ × 23 ¼ × 16 ½ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Receipt Lens with James Loop, 2020
Tangerine mirror box, receipt paper, postcards, drinking glasses, wax
135 × 59 × 42 cm (53 ⅛ × 23 ¼ × 16 ½ inches) (53 ⅛ × 23 ¼ × 16 ½ inches)
Tangerine mirror box, receipt paper, postcards, drinking glasses, wax
135 × 59 × 42 cm (53 ⅛ × 23 ¼ × 16 ½ inches) (53 ⅛ × 23 ¼ × 16 ½ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Replacement who Cried Replacement (The Pope is in Tangier), 2020
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Replacement Who Cried Replacement (In Bits of Castle Open Onto Light), 2020
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Replacement Who Cried Replacement (The Pope Is Down In Africa), 2020
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Autoportraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Replacement Who Cried Replacement (It Isn't Known Nobody Knows), 2020
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Auto-portraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Tangier Homes pages, Camus Auto-portraits pages, ink
38 × 54.5 × 4.2 cm (15 × 21 ½ × 1 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Jean Desert Display System A, 2017
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass (without dresses)
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass (without dresses)
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Jean Desert Display System B (Eurasian Roller)
, 2017
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Acrylic, white cement, Steel, Brass
230 × 150 × 60 cm (90 ½ × 59 × 23 ⅝ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, History of a Balcony or Envy, 2017
4 channel super HD video
4 channel super HD video
Than Hussein Clark, At the Egyptian Museum in Turin, 2017
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, At the Egyptian Museum in Turin, 2017
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches) (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Leather, liquid metal, perspex, tulipwood
90 × 375 × 120 cm (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches) (35 ⅜ × 147 ⅝ × 47 ¼ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, The Chronicle of the Murdered House as an Enameled Cigarette Case, 2017
Moravian crystal, steel, enamel
250 × 190 × 10 cm (98 ⅜ × 74 ¾ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Moravian crystal, steel, enamel
250 × 190 × 10 cm (98 ⅜ × 74 ¾ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Than Hussein Clark, Illustrators Screen-Exit without Door ( All the Pretty Laughes in Tennesse Williams Plays), 2014
White Cork, French Oak, Indigo Ink, Bronze, Silk, Lurex, Rayon, Satin, Sequins, Pins
180 × 260 × 12 cm (70 ⅞ × 102 ⅜ × 4 ¾ inches)
White Cork, French Oak, Indigo Ink, Bronze, Silk, Lurex, Rayon, Satin, Sequins, Pins
180 × 260 × 12 cm (70 ⅞ × 102 ⅜ × 4 ¾ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Baron De Ritten at the Assembly, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Planning the Funeral of Signora De Ritten-Wagner! Apothiosis!, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Moonlight Forever!, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, The Orchestra: Tarumrumrumrumrumrum!, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Silverback and Boy at Bove Marino, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, The Travelling Salesmen Paolo Castretta, 2016
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Pastel, Ink Gauche
23.4 × 16 ½ inches (59.44 × 41.91 cm)
Than Hussein Clark, Daydress of Signora De Ritten , 2016
Brass and Aluminium
92 × 44.5 × 10 cm (36 ¼ × 17 ½ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Brass and Aluminium
92 × 44.5 × 10 cm (36 ¼ × 17 ½ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Atrium Bouquet (Grotta Bleue Hotel - Corner Right), 2016
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
225 × 50 × 57 cm (88 ⅝ × 19 ⅝ × 22 ½ inches)
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
225 × 50 × 57 cm (88 ⅝ × 19 ⅝ × 22 ½ inches)
Than Hussein Clark, Atrium Bouquet (Grotta Bleue Hotel - Corner Left), 2016
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
220 × 81 × 59 cm (86 ⅝ × 31 ⅞ × 23 ¼ inches) and
Silicon, Copper, Bronze, Steel, Perspex
220 × 81 × 59 cm (86 ⅝ × 31 ⅞ × 23 ¼ inches) and