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Elspeth Walker

London
As seen in: Squarespace, The Boar, The Gallyry
Covers:  Visual Arts, Exhibition Reviews, Personal Essays, Books, Travel, and Creative Writing (fiction)
Writer, Reader & Avid Art Gazer | London | Youth Trustee at The Photographers Gallery | Copywriter Agora Digital Art/ Writer Compression Art ✨

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I am a freelance writer, who focuses on creating work around the arts and culture sector. Reporting and writing about the visual arts in particular, my interests mostly focus on contemporary art, and how art interacts with modern society. I occasionally write creative pieces, limited to short story fiction and creative prose essays.

I am a graduate from the University of Warwick, where I achieved a high 2:1 in English Literature and Creative Writing (with intercalated year). Since then I have …

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Gallery Space 36

Gallery Space 36

Gallery Space 36 is a quirky short story from a perspective of a picture frame looking out into its world aro…

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Descoverartists Zine 2020

Descoverartists Zine 2020

Two articles: 'Whose Name is on the Plaque?' and 'Artists Need Adaptability', written for Descoverartists 202…

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Lethabo Huma: Painting Without a Brush

Lethabo Huma: Painting Without a Brush

Lethabo Huma's artwork highlights how the medium of painting is no longer just for physical paint, but also d…

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Exploring The Layers of Art

Exploring The Layers of Art

Looking at the work of Chantay James we explore the physical and critical layers of her art, and how it is re…

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Delving into the liminoid - Snow Yunxue Fu

Delving into the liminoid - Snow Yunxue Fu

Exploring how one artist uses digital and new media art to play with our sense of reality and immersion, more…

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The New Media Sculpture and Performance of Colette Bernard

The New Media Sculpture and Performance of Colette Bernard

Looking at how technology is enhancing pre-existing artistic practises. Elspeth Walker | Ed Francesca Gransde…

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Five creatives who are more than just muses

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By Elspeth Walker
| The Gallyry
By Elspeth Walker Throughout art history, many artists have turned to a single obsession to inspire their practise: their muses. These muses have become the source of many great works, with their images being reproduced in various ways. Yet, who are the people behind the faces we see over and over again in gallery spaces? Often these muses are women, captured in paint, marble, or paper. However, the women behind these depictions are more than an artistic reproduction.
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The evolution of the female body in art

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By Elspeth Walker
| The Boar
For centuries the female body has been an obsession in art. Many artists have used the female form as a muse or medium, around which they create and explore. However, the extended period of time throughout which this has been the case, combined with the ever-changing nature of the art world, would surely lead us to hope that representations of the female form have evolved. One great difference is how the female form is presented.
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From Romeo to Gatsby: the most toxic relationships in literature

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By Elspeth Walker
| The Boar
Often literature can romanticise relationships for narrative value, but when we take a step back and remove the rose-tinted glasses, we see them for what they are: toxic. Some of the most iconic and romanticised literary characters are culprits of this. Their fame and status helps normalise relationships we would otherwise condemn. An example of this is Gatsby. Everyone’s favourite roaring-twenties, fake millionaire is far from the romantic hero pop-culture created. In F.
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