Barbara Walker interview | Alan Cristea Gallery, London | 21 February 2019
Barbara Walker: ‘From the moment I make the first mark, I’ve already said goodbye’
Walker scours archives for images on which to base her drawings of black soldiers. She talks here as she creates a wall drawing for the show Protest and Remembrance at Alan Cristea.
Barbara Walker (b1964, Birmingham) describes herself as a “scavenger” for information. She typically works on topics that are new to her, whereby she is learning and being stimulated. For this seven-year (to date) project, looking at the contribution of black soldiers to British war efforts – from the first world war to the recent and contemporary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – she has spent time in archives, ranging from the Imperial War Museums to the US Congress, and even on eBay. Although the soldiers she draws are unknown to her, she feels they become like her children, and she gets to know them over time. Her works vary in scale, from small, often embossed pieces, to larger-than-life wall drawings. These latter are washed off at the end of the exhibition and live on only in photographs and, most importantly, people’s memories.
Walker uses simple materials and methods, and her goal is to seduce the audience, and give the anonymous soldiers power: claiming a space for them and giving them a voice.
Studio International spoke to Walker while she worked on her wall drawing for the exhibition.
Protest and Remembrance Miriam de Búrca | Joy Gerrard | Mary Griffiths | Barbara Walker
Alan Cristea Gallery, London 28 February – 30 March 2019
Interview by ANNA McNAY
Filmed by MARTIN KENNEDY
-
9:12
Studio International Art Magazine
1 year agoJoy Gerrard interview | Alan Cristea Gallery, London | 26 February 2019
12 -
13:55
Studio International Art Magazine
1 year agoMary Griffiths interview | Alan Cristea Gallery, London | 26 February 2019
3 -
3:05:08
Right2Freedom
1 year agoBest of Interviews - Catherine Austin Fitts, Glenn K. Beaton & Mitchell Gerber
458 -
27:44
RachelVaughan
11 months agoJeanette Archer's International SRA Conference - Rachel Vaughan presentation
6.71K27 -
14:53
Targeted Individual
10 months agoInterview with Barrie Trower November 13, 2010.
81 -
1:01:07
Richie Reports UK
2 months agoUK Column News - Wednesday 10th April 2024.
81 -
14:38
The History Guy: History Deserves to be Remembered
2 years agoSarah Bernhardt: The World's First Celebrity
23.3K86 -
0:48
And If Love Remains
10 months agoUncovering the Intrigue A Captivating Interview with Diane
-
36:24
JohnDWalsh
1 year agoMargaret MacMillian on Private Passions with Michael Berkeley 11th November 2018
15 -
22:13
UKColumnExtracts
8 months agoNature Is Business, No Room Farming For Food? With Sandi Adams - UK Column News
44