Sally Clarke, Beneath My Feet, 2020, vinyl, acrylic paint. Photos: Sally Clarke
Sally Clarke, Close Shave, 2017, vinyl, various dimensions. Photos: Sally Clarke
Sally Clarke, In Transit, 2013 (Break Down), vinyl, 100 x 200cm. Photos: luminere Imaging
Sally Clarke, Power Play, 2012, installation view, vinyl, cardboard. Photos: Luminere Imaging
Sally Clarke, Stone House, 2011 (Art Words and Art Works, NAS), vinyl, 180 x 180cm. Photos: Maryanne Coutts
Sally Clarke, Remains of Any Day, 2011, vinyl, 350 x 500 x 150cm. Photos: Michel Brouet
Sally Clarke, Floors and Wars, 2003, vinyl, 200 x 200cm. Photos: Michel Brouet
Sally Clarke, Highway Robbery, 2004, floor vinyl on plywood. Photo: Sally Clarke. Private Collection.
The three works below comprising the Jiff Series (1998) were created while exploring themes of domestic interiority. They are significant because they mark my foray into the use of floor vinyl off-cuts sourced from flooring stores. The idea of elevating floor coverage to the wall appealed to me, and provided a metaphor for the erasure of distinctions between, for example, private and public space and ‘high’ and ‘low’ art. The use of floor vinyl has been consistently used during my practice, particularly the faux wood and stone prints that stand in for more robust and expensive materials. For thousands of years, stone and wood have provided artists with durable painting and mark making surfaces. A selection of painted works on floor vinyl can be viewed at Peinture sur Faux
Sally Clarke, Drip, 1998, floor vinyl, acrylic paint on MDF, 26 x 39cm. Photo: Lachlan Warner.
Sally Clarke, Dribble, 1998, floor vinyl, plastic, acrylic paint on MDF, 30 x 29cm. Photo: Lachlan Warner.
Sally Clarke, Steam, 1998, floor vinyl, acrylic paint, plastic, rubber, synthetic wadding on MDF, 26 x 32cm. Photo: Lachlan Warner.