John Walker
$104.40
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2025
Summary
A long-overdue evaluation of John Walker’s work from the last half century.
John Walker’s prolific painting career spans over sixty years. His practice is inspired by a range of visual references, notably the work of Goya, Matisse, the Abstract Expressionists and the art of Oceania, as well as by shapes and pattern motifs evoking history, time and place; however, his work cannot readily be defined as abstract or figurative, and his guiding thought is to have a convers…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500966112 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500966117 |
| Author: | Catherine Lampert, Alex Bacon |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 2.62kg |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 259mm x 396mm |
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Critics Review
‘This handsome 300+ page hardback makes clear the long-term development of Walker’s art and offers readers useful biographical information and critical insight. But the book makes clear it is the art that matters … [it] quite rightly celebrates John Walker and is a glorious and extensive survey of his work’ - International Times
Catherine Lampert
Catherine Lampert, former director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1988-2001), has edited and contributed to numerous catalogues and books on contemporary artists over the years. She is now Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, London.
Alex Bacon is an art historian, curator, and writer and Curatorial Associate at the Princeton University Art Museum.
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