Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host an exhibition by one of Ireland’s leading contemporary artists, Corban Walker (b.1967, Dublin). This is Walker’s first solo exhibition at Solomon since joining the gallery in 2022.
Under Stand The Space spans over eighteen years and includes a range of sculptural and wall-mounted works, some of which are exhibited here in Ireland for the first time. Assembled using carefully engineered stacking systems and ranging in steel, aluminium, acrylic and glass, this body of work is concerned with perceptions of scale, architectural constructs and the manipulation of materials.
Walker’s local, cultural, and specific philosophies of scale are fundamental to how he defines and develops his work, challenging the viewer to articulate form and structure in a new transparency and creating new means for viewers to interact and navigate their surroundings. Contrasting his own personal experience with other people’s belief of what is considered a ‘correct proportion and measure’, through a minimalist approach he aims to introduce new ideas to our environment through his own perception of scale, known as Corbanscale.
Corban Walker: Under Stand The Space
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Corban WalkerUntitled (10 x 4 mitre), 2009low iron float glass40 elements 120 x 58 x 74cm€ 72,000.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The ArtistAisling McCoy
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Corban WalkerUntitled (Bushy 120), 2023anodised aluminium, stainless steel122 x 59.5 x 65.7 cm€ 48,000.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (I - Column 20), 2023steel103 x 88 x 75cm€ 48,000.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (ONE - 1 tube 1 board 1 timber division 1 remain 1 bond 1 intervention), 2023sanded aluminium, stainless steel, birch plywood, timber, glue78 x 224 x 60 cm
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Corban WalkerUntitled (Wall One - Model), 2006aluminium, stainless steel, zinc plated steel89.5 x 48.3 x 27.9cm€ 20,000.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (3:4:5 Amber), 2023amber acrylic, wood dowels, grey mirror38 x 71 x 80 cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (50° Less Sand/80) , 201180 sandblasted glass cubes mounted on laminated painted birch ply board122 x 122 x 14cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerBeyond the Rail I - IX, 2022silvered glass, plywood, steel & wood74 x 239 x 24 cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The ArtistPhotographer: Aisling McCoy
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Corban WalkerUntitled (16 Pigeons), 202316 cast porcelain vessels65 x 39 x 11cm, edition of 4€ 9,600.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (BAQ-EL 400), 2005unique pigment inkjet print (unframed)111.4 x 111.4cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (FE 4000), 2005unique pigment inkjet print (unframed)111.4 x 110.8 cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (Alu Grid IX), 2023sanded aluminium30 x 30 x 16.5cm€ 4,400.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (Alu Grid VI), 2023sanded aluminium20 x 21 x 28cm€ 4,000.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (Alu Grid VIII), 2023sanded aluminium10 x 50 x 33cm€ 4,000.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Corban WalkerUntitled (Alu Grid Bolt), 2023sanded aluminium30 x 42 x 26cm€ 3,600.00Courtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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REVIEWS \ PRESS \ MEDIA
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: CORBAN WALKER
ON SHOW TWO TO VIEW WITH NIALL MACMONAGLECorban Walker Under Stand the Space Walker's work is, he says, 'very much about architecture' and he invites the viewer to see his work from a new and different perspective.... -
BUSINESS POST: CORBAN WALKER
Meet the Art feature with Philip Carton October 1, 2023FINE ARTS Meet the Artist: Corban Walker - art with a focus on perceptions of scale Internationally renowned artist Corban Walker seeks out art that challenges him beyond his expectations... -
Corban Walker at Crawford Art Gallery
Brian Curtin at Artforum January 9, 2023For the exhibition “As Far as I Can See,” Corban Walker stripped the Crawford Art Gallery’s permanent collection from its main three rooms, whose walls he painted a neutral off-white.... -
Corban Walker's exhibition at the Crawford: 'I brought them down to my eye level'
Irish Examiner: MARC O’SULLIVAN VALLIG December 5, 2022When hanging his show at the Crawford, artist Corban Walker didn't take a conventional approach. The Dublin-born artist is four feet tall, and decided to hang the works as low... -
Business Post: FINE ARTS
Philip Carton: Corban Walker November 13, 2022Events calendar Your guide to the best exhibitions currently taking place around the country PHILIP CARTON NOVEMBER 11, 2022 Corban Walker: exhibition by the renowned artist at the Crawford Art... -
'Bushy' by Corban Walker
Commissioned by Sculpture Dublin for Dublin City Council, Parks.“I’M DELIGHTED AND HONOURED TO BE AWARDED THE BUSHY PARK SCULPTURE DUBLIN COMMISSION. FOR A LONG TIME I HAVE WANTED TO CREATE AN ARTWORK IN A PUBLIC PARK AND I... -
Artist Biography: Corban Walker
Published by Sculpture Dublin June 1, 2022These biographies are excerpted from Art and Architecture of Ireland Volume III: Sculpture 1600-2000, edited by Andrew Carpenter and Paula Murphy and published by the Royal Irish Academy. While still... -
Conversation Pieces: Corban Walker in conversation with Jessica Smith
https://www.sculpturedublin.ie/conversation-pieces-4-corban-walker-in-conversation-with-jessica-smith/ April 30, 2022For the fourth in the Sculpture Dublin ‘Conversation Pieces’ series, guest curator Pádraic E. Moore chats with Corban Walker and Jessica Smith. In 1976, the artist Lee Ufan wrote that... -
IRISH ARTS REVIEW: Corban Walker
Reflections on Space - Interview with Brian McAvera June 1, 2021Reflections on Space Corban Walker tells Brian McAvera of the inherent conundrum in his practice. ‘How do you use a transparent material or a transparent form to articulate volume?’ Brian... -
Sculpting to Scale: Irish-born Corban Walker explores ‘life-size’ art
Newsweek Article By Blake Gobnik December 3, 2012Sculpting to Scale Irish-born Corban Walker explores ‘life-size’ art. By Blake Gopnik Corban Walker has something every artist needs: a critic trap, stretched taut across the ground floor of his... -
A Different Republic: An exhibition by Corban Walker, Aideen Barry, Amanda Coogan & Suzanne Walsh
Co-curated by Arts & Disability Ireland and Fire Station Artists’ Studios in partnership with the LAB Gallery November 18, 2016INTRODUCTION A Different Republic was an exhibition featuring four new commissions by visual artists Aideen Barry, Amanda Coogan, Corban Walker and Suzanne Walsh. This publication intends to capture, through words...
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