Please join us at the opening reception of our new exhibit featuring the work of Andrew R. Walker. The opening reception will be on Monday, March 11, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. If you are unable to attend the opening reception, the exhibition will be open through Friday, April 5. Gallery Hours: M-F 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
Andrew Walker has always addressed the universal issues of illness and the recovery/transformation of human beings and of our environment. He spent several years creating public art. He created a commemorative sculpture for the Kimmel Center in honor of its world-class organ. The sculpture (The Gift) celebrates both the monetary donors as well as actual organ donation.
Throughout the many years that he has lived in Philadelphia, he has been documenting the health and welfare of the Schuylkill River in his series, "The Schuylkill River Project." In this series, he used Photoshop to alter a specific photograph by layering many images together, including abstracted photos of his own skin cancers as a source of texture in certain areas.
In his next series, he used his iPad and Apple pencil to create bold simple images based on his chronic illness (Alport’s Syndrome) to promote awareness of organ donations. Currently, he has been working in the acrylic medium exposing what could be the future of our planet. He has shown his art in the Abington Art Center, Waynesburg University, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, The Painted Bride, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Wayne Art Center. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from La Salle University and has completed his MFA from The University of the Arts.
Artist's Statement:
“Beyond”
(from the book of poems, Protein Man
by D. Rodman Walker)
"but way out there, Einstein’s
refuge, that spiral-haired place,
will you sense
my motion…
Reaching for the Light"
Reaching for the Light is what many of us are trying to achieve. The light could be many things such as family, fame, or God. In these paintings, the fruit and landscapes are examples of both the darkness and the light coexisting in one plane. The pears show the weather of time but the very brown spots are the sweetness of the fruit. In the landscapes, the dark colors show the wear of time on the planet but the light colors and the gold could lead one to reach for the light as the roaches seem to be doing. Heading for the light. Aren’t we all someday?
