more feature articles:  by Michelle White  ROBERT WALDEN in
conversation with Lara Kristin Lentini  For just over ten years,
Robert Walden has been creating intricate, detailed line
drawings, eerily reminiscent of the topography of the world's
great, familiar cities. Graceful, spacious, elegant, the
drawings capture the eye as maps, but when the viewer draws
closer—thinking, perhaps, that this is Amsterdam, Paris, or
London—she finds not a legible map, but a sort of ghostly vapor
trail—an afterimage, mysteriously stripped of all identifying
features.  Walden himself is like his drawings—quiet, but with a
presence that manages to be both understated and powerful. On a
recent cold day in Queens, where he has his studio, I spoke with
the artist about his inspirations and sources, the advantages of
abstraction, and how to draw calm out of chaos.  Robert Walden,
Ontological Road Map 042806, 2006, ink and latex on panel, 10 x
10 inches (courtesy of the artist and Marcia Wood Gallery,
Atlanta)  LKL: Talk about the p