EXHIBITION 

In Brave Words For A Startling Occasion , David John Walker reclaims the legacy of political printmaking, not to endorse a platform or candidate, but to provoke something far more essential: critical thought. Drawing from the rich tradition of political posters, protest graphics, and propaganda prints, Walker’s work revives the power of visual language to engage viewers directly, emotionally, and intellectually. His prints are not campaign material; they are tools - sharp-edged, layered, and often disarming, that ask us to pause, reconsider, and resist passive consumption of information. At a time when mass media overwhelms with noise, Walker turns to printmaking’s immediacy and accessibility to create space for clarity and reflection.

While political art has historically been tied to messaging and mobilization, Walker’s approach subverts that expectation. His prints resist the binary of left or right and instead question the mechanisms that shape belief itself. Referencing a lineage that includes anonymous street artists, early civil rights printmakers, and the defiant aesthetics of underground movements, Walker positions his work within a broader effort to awaken visual literacy and critical engagement. His use of bold imagery, coded text, and stark contrast challenges viewers not simply to see, but to read, feel, and question. INSERT TITLE reminds us that political art doesn’t need to shout slogans, but rather whisper urgent questions, and in doing so, make space for real thought.