Past exhibitions at Scott Nichols Gallery include:
1997 : New Work - Aaron Siskind Abstractions
1994 : Gallery Artists
1993 : A Painter's Point of View
1992 : Traditions in American Landscape

“Through photography I record the unconscious - yet visible - messages that appear all around us. These seldom-noticed microcosms are reproduced out of context to become something other than what they are.” - Bill Clark

Bill Clark's photography involves the examination of hidden details of urban life transformed into exquisite, aesthetic objects. His subject matter, which range from the destruction of the city to the natural deterioration of the land, present magnified details of the world that are often overlooked. Working in the tradition of minimalist artists whose focus is on context, Clark presents close-ups of decaying land and manmade structures to create another world. The resulting images present seas of color and texture with a surprisingly painterly feel. Clark asks us to make time and effort to discover unexpected details in our (immediate) surroundings. The fact that it is unclear what it is that the viewer is seeing gives this work a certain edge. A piece that at first glance appears to be a painting highly reminiscent of Clifford Still is in reality a vibrant composition of rusted metal, debris and junk. Clark is very much connected to the tradition of assemblage with this underlying concept, "given the value conventionally attached to the precious and rare, let us transform the discarded and refuse of our culture into objects of beauty". Bill Clark has been exhibiting his photographs in the United States for over three decades. His work has been included in several private and corporate collections. The San Francisco Giants, along with Casey and Associates, commissioned Clark to create a series of photographs of vintage catcher's masks as part of the Giants' art collection.