Muhammad Ali Center

In 2001, Brian Clarke proposed a new stained glass façade for the Muhammad Ali Center, an award-winning multicultural museum and community centre dedicated to the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali. The ethos of this institution is based on the late boxer’s spiritual and philosophical principles, and aims to inspire all to form new commitments for personal growth, integrity, and respect for others.

Clarke’s proposed design covered the monumental structure with images of Muhammad Ali, rendered through the artist’s original technique of ceramic-glaze-printed float glass. The visual effect replicates the industrial technique of Ben Day dots, borrowed from paper printing, in which small coloured dots form a figure that is only fully visible from afar. The design remained unrealised.