Work Comes Full Circle ; Veteran Artist Johnwalker Tells Terry Grimley About a Rare New Show
Birmingham Post › October 28, 2009
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Birmingham-born John Walker is one of Britain's most internationally renowned postwar painters, but you wouldn't necessarily think so to judge from his recent profile in London.
His current exhibition at Chelsea's OfferWatermanGalleryishis first inthe UK since 1984, when he had a major exhibition of paintings from a recent residency in Australia at the Hayward Gallery running concurrently with a retrospective of his prints at the Tate. The following year hewasnominated for theTurnerPrize,butsincethenlittlehas been seen of himin this country.See the full content of this document
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Work Comes Full Circle ; Veteran Artist Johnwalker Tells Terry Grimley About a Rare New Show
That is largely explained by the fact thatWalker, 70 this year, is a long-time US resident. He runs the postgraduate painting programme at Boston University, andhasahome on theMaine coast where he hosts outdoor painting summer schools for his students.
Asked why he hasn't shown his...See the full content of this document
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