LARRY WALKER (1935 - ) Dialogue Xl, Platinum Hits.
Acrylic and collage on watercolor paper, 2007. 559x711 mm; 22x28 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Georgia.
This expressive collage is an excellent example of the work of distinguished artist and educator Larry Walker. Born in Franklin, GA, Walker studied at Wayne State University, Detroit, earning a BS in art education in 1958, and an MA in drawing and painting in 1963. Walker was a professor of drawing and painting in the Department of Art, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, from 1964-1983, and then director at the School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta from 1983 until his retirement in 2000. Walker has taught and mentored many artists including his daughter, Kara Walker, and has exhibited in over 40 solo exhibitions and countless group exhibitions over a four decade career. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia held a survey of this period of collage with Larry Walker Retrospective: The Later Years, June 2, 2018 - July 31, 2018. His artworks are found in many institutional collections including the High Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and MOCA GA.
