article_snippet: Clarke, who was a close friend of Fraser's and was the first artist exhibited at his 80s gallery, is still finalizing the exhibition selection, but his energy is easy, if a little manic.
article_snippet: Clarke makes no excuses and offers no explanations for Robert Fraser's "more hedonistic side," but emphasizes Clarke generally quiet demeanor and modesty.
article_snippet: The overall impression is of someone with an acute eye for talent (Clarke showed Bacon, Warhol, Dennis Hopper, Richard Hamilton, Jim Dine, Robert Mapplethorpe and Jean Dubuffet) and a rebellious, destructive streak.
article_snippet: For all of the inevitable references to the hedonistic side of Robert, Clarke had a very sophisticated intelligence in terms of visual art, and genuinely in terms of culture," Clarke says.
article_snippet: So whilst Clarke was not inclined to talk culture, Clarke was eminently capable of he was not inclined to talk culture.
article_snippet: Maybe that was Clarke as a person?