John Walker at Knoedler.(New York, New York)(Reviews of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)

From: Art in America | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: Goodman, Jonathan | Copyright information

"A Theater of Recollection," John Walker's exhibition of recent work, consisted of paintings and prints about his father, John Henry Walker, who was a soldier during World War I. In these moving pieces, which have to do with both private and public memory, Walker takes tragic personal experiences and examines them from a more historically considered point of view.

It is interesting to see how Walker handles large themes with his repertoire of personal visual idioms, such ...

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