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INTRODUCTION16
PLACE A N D MOMENT

The heat and teeming
atmosphere o f this Parisian
dressing room, left, lives on,
more than 100 years after its
making. Lautrec's flamboyant
splashes o f petticoats and
pantaloons are drawn with
long sweeps of chalk and
brushed oil paint. He dazzles
us with flashes o f light and
dabbed marks o f shadow,
which evoke realities o f place
and the power of moment.

Woman at her Toilet

c.1896
41 x 26 in (104 x 66 cm)

TOULOUSE LAUTREC

RIB-CAGE DRAMA

Thus drama, right is set inside a
rib cage, one of many luminous

works in watercolor, acrylic,
pastel, gold leaf and spray
paint,made by a young British
artist who creates alphabets
of the absurd from familiar
childhood characters. Walter
also makes books: some, like
folded insects, stand table-sized
with furniture legs attached t o
both sides of their jacket.

Focusing on the Negative
2004

22 x 30 in (56 x 76 cm)

JOHN WALTER