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Turner Prize 1985 artists: John Walker

John Walker is an English painter andÌýprintmaker.Ìý

John Walker
Labyrinth III (1979–80)
Tate

He studied at Birmingham College of Art from 1955 to 1960. Typical of his large-scaleÌýpaintingsof that period isÌýStudyÌý(acrylic andÌýcanvasÌýcollageÌýonÌýcanvas, 2.2×3.0 m, 1965; London, Tate), in which folded and dramatically lit shapes are presented against a sprayed fencelike background. He continued looking to the American models ofÌýAbstract ExpressionismÌýandÌýPost-painterly Abstraction.

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