Work
He made sculpture from everyday objects which he bought and had covered in chrome. Instead of taking real objects as they were he either commissioned fabricators to make replicas to his specifications or had the original objects recast or resurfaced so that the sculptures became non-functional replications of them. His early work included scultural representations of Coca Cola contour bottles, hand grenades and a Mars bar.
Clive's more recent work is predominantly in aluminium and bronze and has featured, amongst other items, a storm trooper mask, Dennis the Menace and Homer Simpson, as well as a bronze depicting his own head underneath a large bunch of bananas .
He is a contemporary of Peter Blake and contributed the back sleeve cover for The Who's Face Dances album, which Peter Blake commissioned, along with one of four front sleeve pictures of Pete Townshend.
His works are in collections across the world including the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate collection and Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum .
As well as sculpture, Clive Barker has also produced a collage portrait of Peter Blake - the 'Peter Blake Box', and a number of pastel portraits, including Pete Townshend and George Melly which were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in the 1980s.
In 2001 Peter Blake, one of the key figures in the British pop art movement, invited artists whose work he admired, including Clive Barker, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas to participate in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition .
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