Kara Walker explores the raw intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in her work, crafting vivid psychological narratives from a contemporary perspective on historical conditions. Over the past two decades, Walker has unleashed the traditionally Victorian medium of the silhouette onto the walls of the gallery, creating immersive installations that envelop the viewer. Walker’s multi-media work—which includes drawing, watercolor, video, and sculpture—often reconsider grotesque caricatures, probing their persistence in popular culture and reclaiming their subjugating power to alternative ends.

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Sending Out A Signal

Kara Walker & Jason Moran

9:23
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Sending Out A Signal

Kara Walker & Jason Moran

10/31/2018

Starting Out

Kara Walker

4:31
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Starting Out

Kara Walker

7/25/2014

"A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby"

Kara Walker

9:37
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5/23/2014

Stories

53:44

9/9/2003

Kara Walker in "Stories"

13:24
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9/9/2003