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• Walker, George A. (George Alexander) 1960- [Browse]

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`George A Walker did not make it into An Engraver's Globe, and looking through this collection of his wood engravings I see again exactly why. An editor should not present as a fool one who has persisted in his folly to become wise if the wisdom cannot really be shown in the space available: better to omit than risk making him look silly. On the evidence of just a couple of works George Walker does look clumsy in a field where finesse is prized, perhaps to excess. But give him his head, as here, and you see an artist of sustained and wacky integrity half way between Posada and Krazy Kat. ... `Is the work any good? Yes, of course it is. Of course, too, if you go for rough trade in wood engraving, you end where you began: some of this does look like beginner's work. But Walker does things with engraving I've not seen anyone else do: look at Raguwl, Angel of Vengeance. His images of people in cars are startlingly expressive: he can draw -- look at The Printer's hand and the break of light around him; has Walker bodged the ear here to prove he can't draw (so there!)? But he can and does. His small images have power and sometimes even humour and tenderness, even though he presents himself as an obsessive, the Mad Hatter of wood engraving.'

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"Inverted line" in title is typographically inverted.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172).

Language note

English

Contents

• ""THE INVERTED LINE""; ""Introduction""; ""THE PRINTS""; ""1. Melting Chair (into the pool of my living room) â€? 1994""; ""2. Hear Here â€? 1996""; ""3. Speaking about Michelle's Ear â€? 1987""; ""4. I Dug Up Dylan Thomas for a Drink â€? 1992""; ""5. Cat Grin â€? 1998""; ""6. Raguel, Angel of Vengeance â€? 1999""; ""7. The Printer â€? 1993""; ""8. Time Flies â€? 1985""; ""9. Two-Headed Man â€? 1997""; ""10. Swarm â€? 1999""; ""11. Tower of Babel â€? 1992""; ""12. Lycanthropy â€? 1986""; ""13. Howl â€? 1986""; ""14. 'If I only had time to write...' â€? 1985""
• ""15. Mrs Sim sips tea in the light of the moon â€? 1994""""16. Mrs Katanukachuk waits for friends â€? 1994""; ""17. The Church â€? 1989""; ""18. Gloves â€? 1989""; ""19. The Crow and the Pitcher â€? 1983""; ""20. Skeleton â€? 1997""; ""21. Bram Stoker's Nightmare â€? 1997""; ""22. The Fatal Nurse â€? 1997""; ""23. 'When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!' â€? 1988""; ""24. Bill the Lizard â€? 1988""; ""25. White Rabbit â€? 1988""; ""26. 'Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!' â€? 1988""; ""27. Lobster Sugaring Its Hair â€? 1988""; ""28. Lobster Quadrille â€? 1988""
• ""29. Elsie, Lacie and Tillie in the Treacle Well â€? 1986""""30. Mad Hatter â€? 1988""; ""31. The Caterpillar â€? 1985""; ""32. A Mad Tea-Party â€? 1988""; ""33. The Cheshire Cat â€? 1988""; ""34. Red & White Knight â€? 1998""; ""35. Tove â€? 1998""; ""36. Elephant Bees / Looking-Glass Insects â€? 1998""; ""37. Driving I â€? 1988""; ""38. Driving 2 â€? 1988""; ""39. Sleepers Dreaming â€? 1998""; ""40. Curiosity â€? 1998""; ""41. The Duchess â€? 1999""; ""42. Lovers â€? 1986""; ""43. The Kiss - Language System for Lovers â€? 1993""; ""44. Fish â€? 1990""; ""45. Pisces â€? 1993""
• ""46. Eyes â€? 1987""""47. Eyes â€? 1987""; ""48. I'm Thinking of Changing my Mind (I) â€? 1989""; ""49. I'm Thinking of Changing my Mind (2) â€? 1989""; ""50. I'm Thinking of Changing my Mind (3) â€? 1989""; ""51. I'm Thinking of Changing my Mind (4) â€? 1989""; ""52. Beau Monde - Television Head Marionettes â€? 1985""; ""53. Beau Monde - Mariachi Marionettes â€? 1985""; ""54. Beau Monde - Protester Marionettes â€? 1985""; ""55. Beau Monde - Blind Faith â€? 1985""; ""56. Beau Monde - Awaiting Reanimation â€? 1985""; ""57. Organ Grinder â€? 1989""; ""58. The Wedding â€? 1989""
• ""59. Card Players â€? 1987""""60. Waiting â€? 1987""; ""61. Punk Rocker â€? 1987""; ""62. Society Pea Soup â€? 1987""; ""63. Dreaming of Suburbia â€? 1987""; ""64. Mickey Cat â€? 1987""; ""65. Party with the Boys â€? 1987""; ""66. Canadian Gothic â€? 1987""; ""67. The Mechanic â€? 1988""; ""68. I Marry the Earth â€? 1987""; ""69. Frida Kahlo (Mexican-German 1907â€?1954) â€? 1987""; ""70. Diametric Dogs â€? 1999""; ""71. Tea â€? 1994""; ""72. Flight â€? 1998""; ""73. Room â€? 1990""; ""74. Pig Baby â€? 1999""; ""Afterword""; ""Tools and Techniques""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgements""

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ISBN

1-4593-1187-6

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