Maberry and Walker

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Maberry + Walker (or Phillip Maberry [1] and Scott Walker) live and work as visual artists in the high desert near Joshua Tree, California, United States. [2] The works of Phillip Maberry [3] and Scott Walker have been presented in gallery and museum installations, and are known for an intensely colorful style. [4]

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Personal history

In 1990, Phillip Maberry and Scott Walker's home and studio in upstate New York were featured in the iconic B52's video "Love Shack.”. [5] Maberry and Walker also currently work with B-52’s vocalist, Kate Pierson’s “Kate’s Lazy Desert Hotel" (an Airstream trailer hotel) in Mojave Desert outside Joshua Tree, CA in Landers, California.

Exhibitions and collections

Exhibitions include Havu Gallery, [6] Garth Clark Gallery in New York City, Frank Lloyd Gallery in Santa Monica, and the 1983 Whitney Biennial. [7]  Their work is included in the permanent collections of the  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the  Newark Museum  and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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