JAKE WALKER
IN ON IT
24 June – 29 July 2023

STATION | MELBOURNE

STATION is delighted to present Jake Walker’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition, titled IN ON IT presents Walker’s ceramic framed works for which he is best known, alongside a series of works on canvas and board.

At the heart of this exhibition, Walker’s white ceramic framed works serve as a visual ode to his father’s architecture, evoking childhood memories and faded recollections. These pieces, reminiscent of porthole windows and etched with the date and his initials, symbolise the delicate balance between preservation and transformation. In the monotone ceramic works we are invited to explore the traces of the artistic journey: Walker reminds us that even in the erasure of imagery, the essence of the work remains.

Walker’s practice encourages us to consider the states of painting and the process of creating. IN ON IT is inspired by the artist’s recent turn as a drawing instructor, whereby the act of teaching motivated him to newly explore drawing, capturing the hills around Moonah where he lives, and the intimate objects of his everyday life. This renewed focus on drawing and exploration of the “first state” of a painting imbues his work with a rich vocabulary of shapes and forms, integrating his motherland with his new surroundings in nipaluna (Hobart), lutruwita (Tasmania).

 

Installation Views

Artworks

Jake Walker
195 2022-23
oil on linen, glazed ceramic
55.5 × 44.2 cm

Jake Walker
Missing corner 2023
oil on linen
156.0 × 101.6 cm

Jake Walker
THIS WAY UP 2023
oil on canvas
137.0 × 101.5 cm

Jake Walker
197 2022
oil on linen, glazed ceramic
39.0 × 37.0 cm

Jake Walker
Snail 2023
oil stick on polycotton
156.0 × 101.6 cm

Jake Walker
#202 (10.4.23) 2023
oil and wax on linen, ceramic, epoxy
69.0 × 46.4 cm

Jake Walker
Is it finished yet Sam? 2023
oil and wax on linen
107.0 × 91.0 cm

Jake Walker
22.10.22 2023
acrylic on linen, ceramic, glaze
44.5 × 42.2 cm

Jake Walker
Cadmium 2021-23
oil on linen, ceramic
54.5 × 42.0 cm

Jake Walker
Subdivision 2023
oil and wax on linen
91.0 × 107.0 cm

Jake Walker
Midnight Lavender Laser Zuzu 2023
oil over acrylic on polycotton
152.0 × 123.0 cm

Jake Walker
Architecturally designed home 2023
oil on linen
56.5 × 61.0 cm

Jake Walker
Its got pipes 2023
oil and oil stick on polycotton
156.0 × 101.6 cm

Jake Walker
#201 (Blue moon for McCahon) 2022-23
oil and wax on linen, glazed ceramic, epoxy
44.0 × 40.7 cm

Jake Walker
Better Days 2021-23
oil on polycotton, ceramic
35.0 × 47.5 cm

Jake Walker
#201 (Park Mews) 2023
oil paint, linen, glaze, ceramic, epoxy
47.0 × 52.5 cm