Disponibles
Titre: Griffintown - 2018
Inkjet on archival paper
Epson ultrachrome pro
MUSEO SILVER RAG (Glossy Fine Art) 100% Cotton, 300 gsm
image size 26 1/2” x 40"
Edition of 3
Titre: Chantier, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 2002
Giclée - 2002
digital archival inks on uncoated archival watercolor paper
image size 18 ½” x 13”
signed in the back
This work in collection of:
Museum Jan Cunen – Oss, Netherlands-2002
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - 2003
Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland - 2003
Titre: NY-1977-Polish wax
Giclée - 2002
digital archival inks on uncoated archival watercolor paper
image size 11” x 7 ¾ ”
signed in the front
This work in collection of:
Celina - Turky-2002
Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland - 2003
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, the Netherlands – 2003
Hooghuis lyceum – locatie Oss-West - 2004
Published:
Popular Photography – August 1984
New York Inside Out
Titre: Times Sq, NY, 2002 - Beyoncé on the ground
Epson archival ink onarchival paper
Paper: Silver metallic 250 g
Image size 10” x 15”
signed in the back
This work in collection:
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography -2010
Ivorypress – Switzerland - 2011
Claridge - 2014
Titre: Times Sq, NY ,2012 -Rebeca by Rihanna
Inkjet on archival paper EPSON archival ink on PAPER: Silver metallic 250 g
Image size 10” x 15”
signed in the back
Work exhibited at Somerset House, London, UK - 2012
Positive View Foundation
Cartier-Bresson: A question of colour
La Galerie Cazeault est fière de présenter les plus grandes œuvres du photographe canadien renommé Robert Walker. Au courant des dernières décennies, l’artiste acquit une notoriété pour son regard singulier porté sur le paysage urbain. Depuis 1970, il réalise le portrait des villes célèbres, tels que New-York, Warsaw, Venise et Montréal selon une perspective différente des images diffusées pendant le 20e siècle. Les photographies de Walker se caractérisent par des espaces chargés dans lesquelles se superposent les plans et par l’usage d’une gamme chromatique haute en couleur saturée, et ce, sans aucune retouche numérique. Certaines de ses oeuvres ne sont pas sans rappeler les peintures de James Rosenquist et de Tom Wesselmann, protagonistes du mouvement Pop Art.
Si l’artiste parvient à représenter l’actualité culturelle selon une composition complexe et un contraste de lumière intensifiant les couleurs, c’est bien grâce à sa formation en peinture à l’Université Sir George Williams, aujourd’hui l’Université Concordia, ainsi qu’à ses années d’expérience en photographie documentaire. Selon Walker, l’appareil photographique seconde la sensibilité de l’être humain. Il permet d’organiser, de rationaliser et surtout de donner un sens au chaos de la ville et de la nature.
Dans l’introduction de son première publication, New York Inside Out, William S. Burroughs souligne :“…Walker catches the meaning of meaninglessness, the patterns of chaos, the underlying unities of disparate elements…”. La reconnaissance artistique de Robert Walker joint les publics et les institutions nationales comme internationales. Ses oeuvres sont notamment collectionnées par le Victoria & Albert Museum, London; le Kunsthaus Museum, Zurich; la National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; la Bibliothèque national, Paris; the Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland et le Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal.
De 1980 à 2017, il reçoit 4 fois le prix notoire du Canada Council Arts Grants.
Compléments d'informations biographiques sur:
http://robertwalkerphotographer.biz
Galerie Cazeault is proud to present important works of the renowned Canadian photographer Robert Walker. During the last decades, the artist gained notoriety for his singular look on the urban landscape. Since 1970, he has been portraying famous cities, such as New York, Warsaw, Venice and Montreal, from a perspective that differs from typical urban images produced during the 20th century.
His work represents the blurring between the urban landscape and the ‘mediascape’. Over the years illusionary compositions and vibrant colours have become his trademark. Originally trained as a painter, the influence of Pop Art can be detected in his pictures such as the giant Times Square billboards of James Rosenquist or the luscious paintings of cherry lips by Tom Wesselmann.
In the introduction to his first book New York Inside Out, William S. Burroughs commented :“…Walker catches the meaning of meaninglessness, the patterns of chaos, the underlying unities of disparate elements…”. Robert Walker’s work is in many public and private collections including, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Kunsthaus Museum, Zurich; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Bibliothèque national, Paris; the Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
From 1980 to 2017, he received four times the notorious Canada Council Grants Award. Walker's previous solo exhibition in Montreal dates back 10 years.
Biographical informations:
Le devoir, 21 février 2009, Cahier E
Selected Individual Exhibitions
1970
Gallery West, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C.
1973
Vehicule Art, Montreal, Quebec
1975
Espace 5, Montreal, Quebec
1977
Galerie Mira Godard, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Optica, Montreal, Quebec
1978
Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
Galerie Nouvel Observateur/Delpire, Paris
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1979
Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
Galerie Gilles Gheerbrant, Montreal, Quebec Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
1980
Union of Polish Art Photographers Galleries, Warsaw, Cracow & Katowice, Poland Canadian Cultural Centre, Brussels
Canadian Centre of Photography, Toronto, Ontario
1981 Fotogalerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Holland The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario Splash Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1983 White Water Gallery. North Bay, Ontario
1984 Gotham Book Mart, New Y ork
1991 Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec
1992 Galerie Brenda Wallace, Montreal, Quebec
1996
Galerie Christiane Chassey, Montreal, Quebec
Bibliothèque publique de Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec
1997
Musée de la photographie à Charleroi, Belgium
Galerie Christiane Chassey, Montreal, Quebec
1998
Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
Galeria/Studio Gieraltowskiego, Warsaw, Poland
2000 Muzeum Sztuki (Museum of Art), Lodz, Poland
2002 Jan Cunen Museum, Oss, Netherlands
2003 Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 Biennale dell’immagine Invasioni, Chiasso, Switzerland
2008
Biennale Internationale de l’Image de Nancy, France
Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2009 McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada
2013 RAL 9010 (Real Art Laboratories), Warsaw, Poland
2019 Galerie Cazeault, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2020 Musée McCord, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
