John A Walker: 35 books

‘Walker systematically and chronologically works through 39 case studies, starting in 1949 with Alfred Munnings and ending in 1998 with a sculptor guilty of stealing body parts. The accounts vary in depth and interest but all reveal some background in relation to the systematic manipulation of events...

The uneasy crossover between art and celebrity has been much discussed in recent years. Artists as celebrities is hardly a new phenomenon, but the growing cult of celebrity in contemporary culture is throwing up paradoxical ideas about the contradictions between 'high' art and mass appeal and blurring...

The vibrant fine arts and mass culture that the United Stated exported to Britain in the postwar period had a powerful and far-reaching impact on many British artists, art students and critics. In a fascinating social and cultural history covering the period from the 1940s to the 1990s, but with emphasis...

Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world? *BR**BR*These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between...

No one, except the artist, John A.Walker, (JWYOU) has written novels and musical albums to go with them. This book lays out the lyrics from his 14 albums, along with the covers. So far the artist is the only one, to date, to be given this role. He is not a corporate artist. The only way you may hear of his work is by way of mouth.

An essential overview as well as a theoretical critique for all students of design history. Walker studies the intellectual discipline of Design History and the issues that confront scholars writing histories of design. *BR**BR*Taking his approach from a range of related fields, he discusses the problems...

The Silent Trilogy features the above novels: The Pop Festival; Silent Faces at the Races; The Film Festival.

The Silent Trilogy features the above novels: The Pop Festival; Silent Faces at the Races; The Film Festival.

Music-lovers is the celebrated story set in Glasgow just before the year two thousand. The story is told through eyes of the man the Jungle Bar people call the MusicMan. The novel opens in the apartment of the MusicMan and thereafter follows him through the city. Glasgow has changed radically during...

The Pop Festival is the first book in the Silent Trilogy. The novel is set at the beginning of the 21st century. Pop culture by this time has long faded into the past. All the movements and cults of the twenty-first century go into the city to celebrate the old Pop Festival. The event takes place...

The Beautiful Protestant Religion has been updated for the reader. This is a book about the author's feelings drawn from the Bible.

Having a referendum should be welcomed: for it gives the individual the chance to decide on a particular issue. Knowing that every individual has been given the faculty to reason out the truth, the chance to vote should be celebrated. However, in ignorance many are drawn to pundits and political people:...

Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood, Third Edition, reviews diseases of the small intestine in children with emphasis upon a discussion of their causes, clinical manifestations, and the newer techniques used in diagnosis as well as modern methods of management. The book begins with a discussion...

False religion is everywhere in the world; it tries to draw people away from worshiping God. Secularism is a manmade invention. Many people, due to illusions in life, worship the world; they want others to do the same. If you want to know about God, and how to live, you must seek His works The spirit...