Book Signing
Walton Ford
Zoë Lescaze
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6pm
Gagosian Shop, New York
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Walton Ford will sign copies of his new books Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past and Calafia. Published by Taschen, Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past presents the history of paleoart from 1830 to 1990 with an essay by Zoë Lescaze and a preface by Ford. Calafia, published by Gagosian, presents Ford’s latest body of work currently being exhibited in Beverly Hills, along with a text by author Emma Cline. To attend the free event, RSVP to waltonford@gagosian.com.
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Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past (Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2017)
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Walton Ford
A Bubble in the Lake
In this video produced by the Louisiana Channel for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark, Walton Ford talks about his challenging childhood and upbringing, his early appreciation of nature, and his endless love of large watercolors. Ford was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner in June 2023 in the artist’s studios in New York City and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
Still from “Walton Ford: A Bubble in the Lake”
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Walton Ford Selects
November 17–22, 2023
Metrograph, New York
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Walton Ford has curated a selection of films as part of a series copresented by Gagosian and Metrograph. The program features five films that explore extreme psychological states in their storylines and use pioneering and sometimes unconventional acting and cinematographic techniques to achieve the result. Ford explains, “These films dive deep into characters in ways that are sometimes harrowing and always completely surprising. None of these films are cliché or pat, and all share an unorthodox style or method. As a narrative painter, I seek to explore subjects and tell stories in this way.”
Featured films include
At Land (1944, directed by Maya Deren)
Heat Lightning (1934, directed by Mervyn LeRoy)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, directed by Maya Deren and Alexandr Hackenschmied)
Naked (1993, directed by Mike Leigh)
The Sword of Doom (1966, directed by Kihachi Okamoto)
Still from The Sword of Doom (1966), directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Screening and Talk
Walton Ford
Waris Ahluwalia
Friday, November 17, 2023, 8pm
Metrograph, New York
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Join Walton Ford and designer and actor Waris Ahluwalia for a conversation and screening on the occasion of Walton Ford Selects, a film program curated by the artist as part of a series copresented by Gagosian and Metrograph. The pair will discuss how the selected films share an unorthodox style or method and delve into characters in ways that are sometimes harrowing and always surprising. After the talk, a trio of films—Heat Lightning (1934), Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), and At Land (1944)—will be screened.
Still from Heat Lightning (1934), directed by Mervyn LeRoy
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