Both pieces are described in third image. This image is The newspaper report overlaid with a portrait of Barbara Walker’s son Solomon
The newspaper report (described in third image) overlaid with a portrait of Barbara Walker’s son Solomon.
Gallery description of this piece (which is in two parts) (left to right) Brighter Future I 2006 Charcoal and conte on digital image Courtesy of Private Collection Brighter Future 2006 charcoal and conte on inkjet print on paper Courtesy of Tate: Presented by Tate Patrons 2023 These two images are created from enlarged scans of pages of The Independent newspaper from 25 July 2005. The article reports on the wrongful shooting of the 27-year-old Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes by London Metropolitan Police. Walker draws tender studies of her son over the newsprint, placing her personal story in dialogue with that of the parents of de Menezes who are pictured and quoted in the article.
Just one of the pieces at the brilliant Barbara Walker exhibition on now @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social Bristol. Beautiful, moving, hard-hitting work. #BarbaraWalker #JeanCharlesDeMenezes #ArnolfiniGallery #Bristol #ArtExhibition
