Joy Walker | A Circle in Four Parts

Joy Walker

A Circle in Four Parts [Special Edition] 

Toronto, Canada: Nothing Else Press, 2016

4 Soft enamel pins, plexi box

5.5 cm x 5.1 cm x 5.5cm

Edition of 50 initialed and numbered copies

A circle is divided and rearranged into four quadrants to create this black and white graphic lapel pin. The work is available as a single pin or as a special edition that houses an arrangement of four pins in a plexi box. The original design is rotated, reflected and reshuffled, to create 6 different patterns.

A new exhibition of Walker’s work opens Saturday April 20 and continues until May 18, at MKG127 in Toronto. Titled A Line Becomes a Thread, the show explores Walker’s interest in art and fashion and the ways they inform and influence each other. 

For more information, visit https://mkg127.com/archive/2024-2/a-line-becomes-a-thread/

"As someone embedded in both worlds – as an artist, fashion educator, textile researcher, and with a family history in the garment industry – Walker inhabits a unique intersection.

The works in this exhibition explore this symbiotic relationship and its connection to individual and collective histories through the use of the artist’s own manipulated garments and thrifted finds; textile remnants, repurposed prints, and sustainable materials.”

- MKG127 press release