Guest Post: The Art of Karen Gersch — Contemporary Clowns (part two)
POST 146
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Clownesse, “Samovar”, France
As promised, here’s the second installment of Karen Gersch drawings and paintings of contemporary clowns. If you missed part one, check it out here. If you missed her series of classic clowns, click here.
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Clown, Cirque GrussAvner, USABarry Lubin’s Gramma, Big Apple CircusJeff Gordon’s “Gordoon in Flight,” Big Apple CircusFrench clown applying makeup“Cabaret”, Ukrainian Acrobatic Troupe at Cirque de Demain Festival (Paris)“Cabaret”Clown, Cirque de Demain Festival (Paris): “Fever”Clown, Cirque de Demain Festival (Paris)John Wellt, Eccentric Juggler3 Artists, Cirque de Demain Festival (Paris)Calixte de Nigremont, Maître de CérémonieClown — Mick HolsbekeClown – Mick HolsbekeLuke Wilson, Leipzig’s Krystalpalast“Fever”, clown acrobatics on German Wheel
For more of Karen’s work, check out her web site here (yes, some drawings and paintings are for sale), and check out her exhibit and live circus show the next four Sundays on the Waterfront Museum barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn. I hope to see you all there. Every single one of you!
My book Clowns has long been out of print, but you can borrow it for two weeks at a time from the Internet Archive. More information is available here.
My second book (2015)
Visual and verbal humor for the cognitively and artistically curious! Available here.
