2025 | Student

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

George Clinton: Cloaked in a Cloud, Disguised in the Sky

Entrant Company

SCAD Museum of Art/Walter and Linda Evans Center Gallery

Category

Interior Design - Showroom / Exhibit

Client's Name

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Country / Region

United States

George Clinton is a cultural icon whose contributions to the arts span seven decades. He revolutionized music and performance as the bandleader of Parliament-Funkadelic, collaborating across genres and mediums with outlandish styling, spectacular set designs, and pioneering artistry. While on tour in the 1990s, Clinton began applying his creativity to drawing and painting, developing a surreal, hallucinogenic, maximalist aesthetic that riffs on the characters, mythology, and language of P-Funk. His artistic approach is defined by improvisation, experimentation, and innovation — refusing to be bound by traditional expectations or societal norms. This landmark exhibition focuses on the wildly unconventional works Clinton has made in the years since, showcasing his inventiveness in the context of a fine art museum for the first time. A true visionary, Clinton presents a multidimensional perspective on Black experience in the U.S., inviting us all to enter a world that is fantastical, optimistic, and full of funk.

Credits

President and Founder/Savannah College of Art and Design
Paula Wallace
Chief Curator/SCAD MOA
Daniel S. Palmer
Artist/Musician
George Clinton
Director/Walter and Linda Evans Center Gallery
Andreia Wardlaw
Senior Designer/Savannah College of Art and Design
Trang Vu
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