San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
2016Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
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Born 1969 Stockton, California. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 fat... Read full biography
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
2016The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesHistoire des Ameriques: "Nous Venons en paix" (History of America: We Come in Peace
2004Landry, Paul et al223 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesKara Walker: Narratives of a Negress
2003Berry, English, Patterson, Rei208 pages (color)With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection
2003Sherman, Charlotte (Essay)38 pages (color)Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking
1996Ruzicka, Joseph220 pages (color)Kara Walker Pictures from Another Time
0Dixon, Annette, editor96 pagesDrawing Now Eight Propositions
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(Exhibition catalog)Hoptman, Laura (essay)192 pages