@walshpeter.bsky.social
Artist based in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
More on the Art Strike.
27.07.2025 20:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I just reread Hito Steyerl’s 2017 “Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War.” Still provocative. Göbekli Tepe, neural networks, “suicide cameras” mounted on missiles, art storage in extra-national freeports, Wikileaks, Hans Holbein paintings, game theory, and more. Thx for the tip, Dan.
27.07.2025 20:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Beauford Delaney exhibit at the Drawing Center, NYC, through September 14, 2025. Two Sketches of James Baldwin by Delaney and Baldwin’s text for an exhibition by Delaney
Beauford Delaney exhibit at the Drawing Center, NYC, through September 14, 2025. Letter from Henry Miller to Beauford Delaney
More from the Delaney exhibition.
12.07.2025 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Beauford Delaney exhibit at the Drawing Center, NYC, through September 14, 2025.
Beauford Delaney exhibit at the Drawing Center, NYC, through September 14, 2025.
Beauford Delaney exhibit at the Drawing Center, NYC, through September 14, 2025. "James Baldwin,” by Beauford Delaney, 1945.
Beauford Delaney exhibit at the Drawing Center, NYC, through September 14, 2025. “Henry Miller,” by Beauford Delaney, c. 1967.
I’ve been thinking about the ways that artists and writers connect and how that becomes apparent in archival materials. I knew about the connection between Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin but I didn’t realize that he also had a decades-long friendship with Henry Miller. All very satisfying.
12.07.2025 21:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Colorful painting. “Facial Horizon; Facial Hallucination,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint of Canvas, 12 inches by 54 inches, 2025.
Colorful painting. “Facial Horizon; Facial Hallucination,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint of Canvas, 12 inches by 54 inches, 2025.
Colorful painting. “Facial Horizon; Facial Hallucination,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint of Canvas, 12 inches by 54 inches, 2025.
Colorful painting. “Facial Horizon; Facial Hallucination,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint of Canvas, 12 inches by 54 inches, 2025.
“Facial Horizon; Facial Hallucination,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint of Canvas, 12 inches by 54 inches, 2025.
09.07.2025 12:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Large blank canvas in an artist's studio.
Bigger isn’t necessarily better. Especially when you paint. But bigger is different. You measure a work with your body and a canvas that you can step into asks you to move differently and see differently. There’s a dance to be had. This canvas is the largest I’ve worked on in many years.
07.07.2025 14:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Colorful painting. “Abstraction with Noses,” Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, about 12 inches by 9 inches, 2025.
Red chalk drawing. "Selfie as Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov in Nikolai Gogol's 'The Nose,'" Chalk on Paper, 10 ¼ inches by 7 inches, 2021.
Colorful painting. “Study for a Ceiling with Noses,” Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, about 16 inches by 12 inches or so, 2025.
Charcoal drawing. Noses are still interesting. And funny. Thank you Nikolai Gogol.
Noses are still interesting. And funny. Thank you Nikolai Gogol.
“Abstraction with Noses,” 2025.
"Selfie as Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov in Nikolai Gogol's 'The Nose,'" 2021.
“Study for a Ceiling with Noses,” 2025.
“Homage to Nikolai Gogol (nose in a roll),” 2023.
Protestor with painted sign That says No Kings since 1776, with American Flag. From April 5, 2025
Happy 4th of July
04.07.2025 12:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Four images of materials in an archive: Foppy disk; color transparencies; VHS tapes; 16mm film negative in a can.
I’ve posted a new arts newsletter riffing off some of my social media posts about archiving. It went out by email. If you’re interested, you can see it here:
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Or dm me your email address and I’ll add you to my list. I don’t post too often and you can always unsubscribe.
Colorful painting. “Red-Faced Hallucination,” Oil and Spraypaint on Canvas, 14 inches by 18 inches, 2025.
“Red-Faced Hallucination,” Oil and Spraypaint on Canvas, 14 inches by 18 inches, 2025.
02.07.2025 13:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Need some summer reading material?
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A trio of paintings riffing on Goya etchings. “Hallucinatory Mash-Up,” 16 inches by 12 inches, Oil Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 2025. “The Painter at Work,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2025. “Star-Stuff,” 14 inches by 11 inches, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 2025.
Colorful painting. “The Painter at Work,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2025.
Colorful painting. “Hallucinatory Mash-Up,” 16 inches by 12 inches, Oil Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 2025.
Colorful painting. “Star-Stuff,” 14 inches by 11 inches, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 2025.
A trio of paintings riffing on Goya etchings.
“Hallucinatory Mash-Up,” 16 inches x 12 inches, Oil Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 2025.
“The Painter at Work,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 11" x 14", 2025.
“Star-Stuff,” Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel, 14" x 11", 2025.
Agreed. I can't find the art. We'll just have to post more!
28.06.2025 14:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Colorful painting. “Stacked Crowd II,” 42 inches by 36 inches, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2025
Colorful painting. “Stacked Crowd II,” 42 inches by 36 inches, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2025
Colorful painting. “Stacked Crowd II,” 42 inches by 36 inches, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2025
Cotton candy mixed with clip art. Not quite what I set out to do, but paintings take on their own life. Much flatter than I usually work, but I like how it accentuates the tooth of the canvas.
“Stacked Crowd II,” 42 inches by 36 inches, Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2025.
Conventional wisdom among the DC/NY press corps is that Trump is strong on immigration enforcement. But that isn't reflected in polling. People hate it.
So tell me: Who's in the bubble? Bluesky users or mainstream media editorial writers?
2025, The Onion, online newspaper.
The 2025 wave of urgent political activity has given me flashbacks to previous actions and sent me digging again in the archive.
Here are four examples of Newsprint Takeovers - fake or parody newspapers.
4) 2025, The Onion, online newspaper.
“We’re Screwed,” Not an Alternative, 32 page fake NY Post, NYC 2009.
“We’re Screwed,” Not an Alternative, 32 page fake NY Post, NYC 2009.
The 2025 wave of urgent political activity has given me flashbacks to previous actions and sent me digging again in the archive.
Here are four examples of Newsprint Takeovers - fake or parody newspapers.
3) “We’re Screwed,” Not an Alternative, 32-page fake NY Post, NYC 2009.
“Sun Paper Caper,” B.E.R.N. (Baltimore Emergency Response Network), Baltimore, January 20, 1989, Bush I Inauguration. Thousands of copies were wrapped around Baltimore Sunpapers in news boxes around the city.
“Sun Paper Caper,” B.E.R.N. (Baltimore Emergency Response Network), Baltimore, January 20, 1989, Bush I Inauguration. Thousands of copies were wrapped around Baltimore Sunpapers in news boxes around the city.
“Sun Paper Caper,” B.E.R.N. (Baltimore Emergency Response Network), Baltimore, January 20, 1989, Bush I Inauguration. Thousands of copies were wrapped around Baltimore Sunpapers in news boxes around the city.
“Sun Paper Caper,” B.E.R.N. (Baltimore Emergency Response Network), Baltimore, January 20, 1989, Bush I Inauguration. Thousands of copies were wrapped around Baltimore Sunpapers in news boxes around the city.
The 2025 wave of urgent political activity has given me flashbacks to previous actions and sent me digging again in the archive.
Here are four examples of fake or parody newspapers.
2) “Sun Paper Caper,” BERN (Baltimore Emergency Response Network), Baltimore, Jan. 20, 1989, Bush I Inauguration.
“State Penitentiary Goes Condo,” Anne Fessler, Baltimore, 1986, 1989.
“State Penitentiary Goes Condo,” Anne Fessler, Baltimore, 1986, 1989.
The 2025 wave of urgent political activity has given me flashbacks to previous actions and sent me digging again in the archive.
Here are four examples of Newsprint Takeovers - fake or parody newspapers .
1) “State Penitentiary Goes Condo,” Anne Fessler, Baltimore, 1986, 1989.
Archive 5:
1) 35mm Slides
2) Large format color positives
3) Audio cassette
Archive 4:
1) Cassette 1” video tape
2) reel to reel 1” video tape
3) Hi-8 Videotape
4) MiniDV Videotape
Archive 3:
1) VHS videotapes
2) Super VHS videotape
3) Little Betamax videotape
4) Big Betamax videotape
Archive 2:
1-3) 16mm film
4) Super 8 film
Archive 1: I’ve been digging in the boxes. Some possible gems, but certainly a lot of stuff past its use date.
2) 5 ¼” floppy
3) 3 ½” floppy
4) CD-ROM
Small Press 6.
The Freaks Came Out to Write,” 2024, Tricia Romano. About the Village Voice. I loved this book. It’s an oral history made up of quotes from over 200 interviews. The end of the book gives an okay overview of the past 20 years (what a mess). My overall takeaway: the past isn’t past.
Small Press 5.
Baltimore, 1988-90. Influence Magazine. This scrappy arts tabloid was run by Millie Landrum, Chris Schaub and Mark Reeve. My own writing was chatty and long-winded a good apprenticeship. “Economics meets Aesthetics.” Influence was quickly followed by Art-in-Progress and Articulate.
Small Press 4.
Baltimore, 1997. LINK Magazine #2. This issue of LINK features articles from some of the same Aura writers 17 years later: Leslie King-Hammond on Baltimore's first Black-owned gallery, and art history by Kirby Malone. “Crater Moscow, this is Crater Baltimore, do you read me?"
Small Press 3.
Aura Magazine, 70s, 80s, MD, DC, VA. This art mag covered a multi-state region. This issue features a cover photo by Paula Gillen, and writers like Leslie King-Hammond. Kirby Malone and Marshall Reese’s record of late 70s experimental art in Balt/DC: “Mad Science & Folk Math.”
Small Press 2.
“Les portes du rêve: 1924-2024 Surrealism Through Its Journals,” 2025. Before there were melting clocks, Surrealism was a literary movement and a political movement. Worth the read but definitely a niche book. More accessible is “Revolution of the Mind,” Polizzotti’s bio of Breton.
Small Press 1:
Baltimore, 1935. The Art Voice. I'm still a big fan of this small arts newsletter that came out of the Artists Union movement in the 1930s. The Artists Association of Baltimore made their demands loud, clear, fought for the WPA hiring artists, called for a municipal gallery, etc.
