Consisting of approximately a dozen works of art, Richard T. Walker: the cadence of a meandering thought exemplifies the artist’s deep connection to the environment. Originally from England, Walker lives in San Francisco, where he has developed an innovative practice over the course of two decades that explores the intersection of sculpture, sound, and photography.
Walker’s work uniquely combines his talents as a musician, photographer, performer, and sculptor to make innovative installations and objects. His practice often involves venturing alone into remote landscapes with a musical instrument to perform before, and sometimes with, the natural world. Instead of asking what can the land do for me or how can I dominate it, Walker embodies the position of what can I, as a human being, do for the land and how can I honor it?
Walker is a recent recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, which helped him realize his idea of an automated musical installation using a 1980’s keyboard and mid-century slide projectors. The installation depicts a choreographed assemblage of drawings, photographs and handwritten words relating to an ongoing creative collaboration between the artist and his father. This new installation will be featured in the exhibition for the first time. Additionally, Walker will construct a score between each of the individual works that possess a musical component, turning the entire installation into a singular musical composition.
