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Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking: Online

Past exhibition
June 28 – August 11, 2023
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  • To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Walton Ford's first editioned print, Swadeshi-cide (1998), Kasmin is releasing rarely-available copies of the original Limited Art Editions of Pancha Tantra, published by Taschen. This release is contextualized by an online exhibition of a selection of the artist's print works. Spanning the years 1998-2020, the presentation demonstrates Ford's impressive command of the historic technique of intaglio etching and recognizes the invaluable partnership of Peter and James Pettengill's Wingate Studio, where Ford produced each of the works.
  • Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view of Walton Ford: 25 Years of Printmaking. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin. Photography by Diego Flores. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
  • Walton Ford’s editioned prints expand upon the artist’s mastery of narrative watercolor paintings. Utilizing time-honored copperplate etching techniques originally developed in the 15th century, Ford’s compositions come alive with irresistible anthropomorphic projections of wildlife. This online presentation takes viewers further into the artist’s incisive depictions of nature as informed by cultural and literary history. Loaded with metaphor and shaped by a keenly anthropological eye, Ford’s complex compositions observe both the insistence of human endeavor and the instinctive ingenuity of animals, observing the violence resulting from the will to survive.

  • Walton Ford Granary, 2020 six plate color print with etching and aquatint on white BFK Rives paper with limited edition... Walton Ford Granary, 2020 six plate color print with etching and aquatint on white BFK Rives paper with limited edition... Walton Ford Granary, 2020 six plate color print with etching and aquatint on white BFK Rives paper with limited edition...

    Walton Ford

    Granary, 2020

    six plate color print with etching and aquatint on white BFK Rives paper with limited edition of Taschen book Pancha Tantra, Granary Edition

    paper: 18 1/2 x 14 inches; 46.8 x 35.6 cm
    plate: 11 1/4 x 9 inches; 28.4 x 22.7 cm

    Printed by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, New Hampshire
    Published by TASCHEN, Cologne
    In the collection of the Hood Museum of Art

  • Aquatint etching is a collaborative process that brings together artists with highly specialized skills – both Francisco Goya and John James Audubon were highly proficient in the medium. Many visual and philosophical references find expression in Ford’s work through his observation of nature, both human and animal, through a darkly comic lens.

    Ford subverts various conventions relating to humanity’s attempts to categorize and interpret the natural world, drawing on naturalist sketches and dioramas, zoological records, mythology, fables, and art history. While alluding to the form of naturalist field studies from the 19th century, Ford’s coded poetics are wide-ranging in their references, calling upon the viewer to use these fragmented clues as a guide by which to untangle the folkloric, historical, or imaginary event depicted in the work.

  • Walton Ford Limed Blossoms, 2007 six copper plates, hardground etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and burnishing on white... Walton Ford Limed Blossoms, 2007 six copper plates, hardground etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and burnishing on white... Walton Ford Limed Blossoms, 2007 six copper plates, hardground etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and burnishing on white...

    Walton Ford

    Limed Blossoms, 2007

    six copper plates, hardground etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and burnishing on white Rives BFK paper

    paper: 18 1/4 x 14 inches; 46.4 x 35.6 cm
    plate: 12 x 9 inches; 30.5 x 22.9 cm

    Printed by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, New Hampshire
    Published by TASCHEN, Cologne
    In the collection of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

  • "These are techniques that were developed in a time when,
    if you wanted to write someone a letter, you dipped your quill in ink.” —Walton Ford
  • Works
    • Walton Ford, Bangalore, 2004
      Walton Ford, Bangalore, 2004
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    • Walton Ford, Compromised, 2002
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    • Walton Ford, Pestvogel, 2016
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    • Walton Ford, Condemned, 2006
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    • Walton Ford, Dying Words, 2005
      Walton Ford, Dying Words, 2005
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    • Walton Ford, Granary, 2020
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    • Walton Ford, Killy, 2019
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    • Walton Ford, Limed Blossoms, 2007
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    • Walton Ford, Nantes, 2009
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    • Walton Ford, Swadeshi-cide, 1998
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    • Walton Ford, Tale of Johnny Nutkin, 2001
      Walton Ford, Tale of Johnny Nutkin, 2001
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    • Walton Ford, Visitation, 2004
      Walton Ford, Visitation, 2004
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  • About the Artist

    Walton Ford

    Photo by Charlie Rubin. All artwork © Walton Ford

    Walton Ford

    Ford’s work relates to humanity’s attempts to categorize and interpret the natural world. Drawing on naturalist sketches and dioramas, zoological records, mythology, fables, and art history, Ford’s coded poetics are wide-ranging in their references, calling upon the viewer to use these fragmented clues as a guide to interpret the subject matter. Ford’s anatomically precise works vividly illustrate the experiences, observations, and hidden histories of both their human and animal subjects.

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