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Caroline Walker
service, GRIMM 202 Bowery, New York, NY (US), 4 May - 3 June 2018

Caroline Walker: service

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Works
  • Caroline Walker First Batch, 2018 Oil on board 52 x 42 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
    Caroline Walker
    First Batch, 2018
    Oil on board
    52 x 42 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Service, 2018 Oil on linen 180 x 140 cm | 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Service, 2018
    Oil on linen
    180 x 140 cm | 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Acquisitions, 2018 Oil on board 45 x 55 cm | 17 3/4 x 21 5/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Acquisitions, 2018
    Oil on board
    45 x 55 cm | 17 3/4 x 21 5/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Pattern Cutting, 2018 Oil on linen 165.1 x 242.6 cm | 65 x 95 1/2 in
    Caroline Walker
    Pattern Cutting, 2018
    Oil on linen
    165.1 x 242.6 cm | 65 x 95 1/2 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Perfumier, 2018 Oil on board 52 x 42 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
    Caroline Walker
    Perfumier, 2018
    Oil on board
    52 x 42 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Reservations, 2018 Oil on board 43 x 35 cm | 16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Reservations, 2018
    Oil on board
    43 x 35 cm | 16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Tailored, 2018 Oil on board 43 x 35 cm | 16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Tailored, 2018
    Oil on board
    43 x 35 cm | 16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Filing, 2018 Oil on linen 195 x 270 cm | 76 3/4 x 106 1/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Filing, 2018
    Oil on linen
    195 x 270 cm | 76 3/4 x 106 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Stock Take, 2018 Oil on linen 190.5 x 275 cm | 75 x 108 1/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Stock Take, 2018
    Oil on linen
    190.5 x 275 cm | 75 x 108 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Forecasting, 2018 Oil on linen 200 x 255 cm | 78 3/4 x 100 3/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Forecasting, 2018
    Oil on linen
    200 x 255 cm | 78 3/4 x 100 3/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Cut & Finish, 2018 Oil on linen 180 x 240 cm | 70 7/8 x 94 1/2 in
    Caroline Walker
    Cut & Finish, 2018
    Oil on linen
    180 x 240 cm | 70 7/8 x 94 1/2 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Preening, 2018 Oil on linen 200 x 280 cm | 78 3/4 x 110 1/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Preening, 2018
    Oil on linen
    200 x 280 cm | 78 3/4 x 110 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Review, 2018 Oil on paper 41 x 31 cm | 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Review, 2018
    Oil on paper
    41 x 31 cm | 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Filing, 2018 Oil on paper 46 x 64 cm | 18 1/8 x 25 1/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Filing, 2018
    Oil on paper
    46 x 64 cm | 18 1/8 x 25 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Refreshments, 2018 Oil on paper 46.7 x 61.6 cm | 18 3/8 x 24 1/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Refreshments, 2018
    Oil on paper
    46.7 x 61.6 cm | 18 3/8 x 24 1/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Housekeeping I, 2018 Oil on paper 47 x 58.1 cm | 18 1/2 x 22 7/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Housekeeping I, 2018
    Oil on paper
    47 x 58.1 cm | 18 1/2 x 22 7/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Preening, 2018 Oil on paper 45.7 x 61.9 cm | 18 x 24 3/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Preening, 2018
    Oil on paper
    45.7 x 61.9 cm | 18 x 24 3/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Housekeeping II, 2018 Oil on paper 47 x 62.9 cm | 18 1/2 x 24 3/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Housekeeping II, 2018
    Oil on paper
    47 x 62.9 cm | 18 1/2 x 24 3/4 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Service I, 2018 Oil on paper 55.9 x 46 cm | 22 x 18 1/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Service I, 2018
    Oil on paper
    55.9 x 46 cm | 22 x 18 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Night Watch , 2018 Oil on paper 40.5 x 51 cm | 16 x 20 1/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Night Watch , 2018
    Oil on paper
    40.5 x 51 cm | 16 x 20 1/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Cut and Finish, 2018 Oil on paper 45 x 62 cm | 17 3/4 x 24 3/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Cut and Finish, 2018
    Oil on paper
    45 x 62 cm | 17 3/4 x 24 3/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Cashing Up, 2018 Oil on paper 47 x 62 cm | 18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Cashing Up, 2018
    Oil on paper
    47 x 62 cm | 18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Study for Waiting, 2018 Oil on paper 56.5 x 49.5 cm | 22 1/4 x 19 1/2 in
    Caroline Walker
    Study for Waiting, 2018
    Oil on paper
    56.5 x 49.5 cm | 22 1/4 x 19 1/2 in
    Sold
  • Caroline Walker Waiting, 2018 Oil on linen 98 x 68 cm | 38 5/8 x 26 3/4 in
    Caroline Walker
    Waiting, 2018
    Oil on linen
    98 x 68 cm | 38 5/8 x 26 3/4 in
    Sold
Installation Views
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 08
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 07
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View With Scale 1
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 06
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 09
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 05
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 01
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 03
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 11
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 10
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 13
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 12
  • Caroline Walker Service Grimm 2018 Installation View 02
Press
  • Caroline Walker paints the unseen women London's service industries

    Ruby Boddington, It's Nice That, June 4, 2019
  • Caroline Walker : au nom des femmes

    Flo Ryne, Beware!, July 3, 2018
Press release
Caroline Walker, service
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The paintings in service present glimpses of women at work in the first or last light of the day, when the glowing lights of interior spaces animate the activity within. Taking a documentary approach, Caroline Walker made a series of walks around London, observing and photographing fellow Londoners, both she and they absorbed in their work. Restaurant kitchens, salons, shops, offices and workshops all feature in this series of paintings which reflect on those isolated fleeting moments that form fragments in the dislocated lives of a city.

Some of these scenes play to conventional ideas about the employment engaged in by women, particularly in the female-dominated environments of the beauty industry and retail. Other paintings look at women entering spaces thought of as traditionally more male- dominated, such as the restaurants kitchens or the tailor’s workshop, where we see women entirely absorbed in their task in an environment designed to facilitate that activity. Walker provides a glimpse into both these private spaces of production and the highly designed interiors of shops, all made visible by means of the architecture of voyeurism via glass doors, railings, and other obstacles through which to observe scenes that are visually, but not physically, accessible.

In Lauren Elkin’s essay for Walker’s upcoming monograph, she poses questions about the subjects of these paintings: “Who are these women? Where do they live? How do they define themselves with relation to their work?” Such questions are the very essence of what Walker touches upon in her work and leaves open-ended. Social class, value of work, and the relationship of the individual to the commercialized public space of the city are exposed in service. We encounter women in a variety of professions in Walker’s paintings, but to what extent does their work define who they are?

One could interpret service through the undercurrent of social critique at play in these works, however we could also adhere to the title as a non-judgmental observation by the artist. service explores female figures in interior spaces, momentarily giving us a glimpse into the lives of others that share the space of the city. Jean-Paul Sartre’s saying “existence precedes essence” comes to mind as Walker underlines that there is beauty to be found in the intermittent fragments of stillness, encountered in lost moments of our daily existence.

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Related content
  • Caroline Walker paints the unseen women London's service industries Press

    Caroline Walker paints the unseen women London's service industries

    It's Nice That Jun 4, 2019
    Read more
  • Caroline Walker : au nom des femmes Press

    Caroline Walker : au nom des femmes

    Beware! Jul 3, 2018
    Read more

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