Newhaven 7 1976 - 1977

Curator: This is "Newhaven 7" by John Walker. Editor: Whoa, it feels like peering into a dream, or maybe a half-remembered nightmare? The contrast is intense! Curator: Walker, born in 1939, is known for his abstract expressionist works, often engaging with themes of memory and place, and his work is deeply embedded in the history of post-war abstraction. Editor: I can see that. There's a weight to it, a sense of something unresolved, all expressed through these heavy blacks and fleeting glimpses of light. It is like a ruin. Curator: Yes, and consider how the work operates as an intervention within established artistic conventions, asking us to reconsider our relationship with abstraction and the societal role of art. Editor: For me, it is less about societal roles and more about a pure, almost brutal, emotional honesty. Curator: Perhaps the dialogue between those perspectives is precisely where the work finds its strength, no? Editor: Definitely gives you something to chew on.