Walk Ways

Curator Stuart Horodner wrote that the exhibition Walk Ways "brings together a selection of works by a diverse group of artists who have focused on the theme of walking, a purposeful or meandering activity that unites bodily and mental freedom. Walking in cities may be understood in sociopolitical terms, with references to tourism, commuting, surveillance or the Situationist dérive (a mode of attentive city walking). In the rural environment, the focus shifts to explorations of leisure, pilgrimage and interactions with nature..." Among the 17 internationally exhibiting artists in this exhibition were Hamish Fulton, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Mowray Baden, Francis Alÿs and Nancy Spero. The works reflected the artists' hybrid sensibilities, combining drawing, painting, photography, installation, video, performance and documentation. Informed by their own physical experience, as well as by rich examples from literature and art history, they focused on "the walk" as a means of commenting on human agency, politics, geography and history. This unusual touring exhibition was organized by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York.