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LARRY WALKER (1935 - ) If People Don't Feel.
Diptych of mixed media and collage on canvas, 2002-04. 508x1016 mm; 20x40 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right recto. Signed, titled and dated in pencil, upper right verso.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Georgia.
This enigmatic and expressive collage is a significant work by this distinguished artist and educator. This richly layered artwork incorporates the artist's wall spirit imagery with text and diverse paper collage elements, including images from Henri Matisse's Jazz.
Born in Franklin, GA, Larry 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 contemporary artists including his daughter, Kara Walker.
Larry Walker has exhibited in over 40 solo exhibitions and countless group exhibitions over a four decade career. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia recently mounted a retrospective of his early work in collage with Larry Walker Retrospective: The Early Years, June 2, 2018 - July 31, 2018. His artworks are now found in many institutional collections including the High Museum in Atlanta, Studio Museum in Harlem, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.
