Witness
June Clark
Past Exhibition
May 03 – Aug 11 2024
June Clark, Harlem Quilt, 1997. Photo transfers on fabric, light fixtures. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
- Presenting Sponsor
- Major Donor
Liza Mauer and Andrew Sheiner
- Supporting Donors
Robin and Malcolm Anthony
Audrey and David Mirvish
- Shipping and Logistics
- CURATORS
Adelina Vlas, Head of Curatorial Affairs
Frances Loeffler, Curator of Exhibitions
June Clark: Witness is the first survey in Canada of the Toronto-based artist June Clark, who, since the late 1960s, has developed a unique and groundbreaking practice spanning photo-based work, text, collage, installation, and sculptural assemblages. Born in Harlem, New York, Clark immigrated to Canada in 1968 and subsequently made Toronto her home. The questions of identity formation and their connection to our points of origin fuel her practice. In this deeply personal exhibition, she explores how history, memory, and identity—both individual and collective—have established the familial and artistic lineages that shape her work.
Organized by The Power Plant, June Clark: Witness brings together four significant bodies of work that stretch from the 1990s to the present, many of them seen here for the first time. These include her iconic installations Family Secrets, 1992, and Harlem Quilt, 1997, a series of photo-based works from 2004 titled 42 Thursdays in Paris, Perseverance Suite (a new project the artist began in 2021), and Homage, a collection of sculptural assemblages that, in Clark’s words, “gave me permission to be the artist I am today.”
June Clark: Witness will be presented in tandem with another solo exhibition of the artist’s work at the Art Gallery of Ontario titled June Clark: Unrequited Love.
June Clark, Witness, 2024. Installation view: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, 2191 Reprise, 1997. Photo transfer on paper. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Family Secrets, 1992. 18 cigar boxes and mixed media. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Witness, 2024. Installation view: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Harlem Quilt, 1997. Photo transfers on fabric, light fixtures. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Harlem Quilt, 1997. Photo transfers on fabric, light fixtures. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Counterpoise (from The Perseverance Suite), 2023. Mixed media. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Witness, 2024. Installation view: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Homage, 2011–ongoing. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, The Perseverance Suite, 2021–24. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, Keepers, 2004–2023. Mixed media. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, 44 Thursdays in Paris, 2004. Machine photographs, archival paper. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, 44 Thursdays in Paris, 2004. Machine photographs, archival paper. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
June Clark, 44 Thursdays in Paris, 2004. Machine photographs, archival paper. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery. Installation view: Witness, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2024. Photo: LF Documentation.
About the Artist
June Clark
June Clark is a Toronto-based artist working in photography, sculpture and collage. Her autobiographical works explore issues of history, memory and identity—both individual and collective.
