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Kara Walker

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Kara Walker (Born 1969) is active/lives in New York, California.  Kara Walker is known for Silhouette figures, racial themed work.

Known for black paper cutout silhouettes, Kara Walker also does wall texts, and many of her images depict sex, bestiality, and sadism in what is intended as anti-racist parody. She is part of a generation of controversial African-American artists who deals with stereotypical black images in a confrontational way.

One of her prints tilted A Means to an End: A Shadow Drama in Five Acts, was pulled from a show in 1999 at the Detroit Institute of Arts because it was an antebellum plantation scene that offended some of the African-American artists.

In 2002, she was selected to represent the United States at the Sao Paulo Biennial, running from March 23 to June 2nd.

Walker was born in Stockton, California where her father was an art teacher at the University of the Pacific.  When she was 13, she moved with her family to Atlanta, Georgia, where her father became Chair of the Art Department at Georgia State University.  She found the racial bou   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2329 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Kara Walker available:    David Hammons,  Jim Lambie,  Damian Loeb,  Barnaby Furnas,  Leon Golub,  Kelley Walker,  Richard Phillips,  Marlene Dumas,  William Joseph Anastasi,  Shusaku Arakawa,  Gary Hume,  Mark Flood,  Robert H Colescott,  Anish (Sir) Kapoor,  Rashid Johnson,  Nate Lowman,  Alan Davie,  Guenther Uecker,  Cecily Brown,  Jack Goldstein,  Gunther Forg,  Theaster Gates,  Barkley Leonnard Hendricks,  Lucas Samaras



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Kara Walker


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Collage and/or Decoupage
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
  • Silhouettist
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
  • Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
  • Columbia University Art Department, Teacher
  • Rhode Island School of Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Allan & Susan Marion Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • Art Basel Miami Beach
Exhibition of Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting

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