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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

Artist auction records

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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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Facts about Kara Walker

   Publications  Book References:  10
Magazine References:  31

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31 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Kara Walker
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Review of Exhibitions November 2006 Editor, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Reviews July 2006 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Drawing: American Artist The Dark, Black Outline July 2006 Parks, John A Yes
ARTnews Sharks, Savagery, and Sainthood June 2006 Sheets, Hilarie M Yes
ARTFORUM Reviews May 2006 Editor Yes
ARTFORUM Performing the Future October 2004 Bankowsky, Jack No
ARTFORUM Contributors October 2004 Editors, Artforum No
ARTnews National News September 2004 Eitors, Artnews Yes
ARTnews National News July 2004 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art in America Artworld June 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTFORUM Reviews June 2004 Editors, Artforum Yes
ARTnews National News June 2004 Editors, ARTnews Yes
American Art Review Williams College Museum of Art June 2004 Stomberg, John R Yes
Art & Antiques Museum Scene March 2004 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
ARTnews How Far Can You Go? January 2004 Yablonsky, Linda No
ARTFORUM Reviews October 2003 Editors, Artforum Yes
ARTnews The Rise of African American Art September 2003 Kinsella, Eileen Yes
Scottsdale Life The Collectors January 2003 Cushman, Jennifer No
ARTnews Cut it Out April 2002 Sheets, Hilarie M Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions January 2002 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTFORUM Reviews November 2001 Soutif, Daniel No
Art & Auction Marketplace May 2000 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
Art in America Planning for Impermanence April 2000 Buskirk, Martha Yes
Art in America Carnegie Ramble March 2000 Leffingwell, Edward Yes
Art & Auction Around the Block January 2000 Powell, Nicholas No
ARTnews Pride or Prejudice March 1999 Newkirk, Pamela Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions February 1999 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Art Talk December 1998 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art & Auction Portrait of the Artist December 1996 Vincent, Steven Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions September 1996 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Antiques Art Approaches the Millennium August 1996 Anderson-Spivy, Alexandra Yes
10 Book References for Kara Walker
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 360 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2004 Landry, Paul et al Histoire des Ameriques: "Nous Venons en paix" (History of America: We Come in Peace 223 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Berry, English, Patterson, Rei Kara Walker: Narratives of a Negress 208 Yes
2003 Sherman, Charlotte (Essay) With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection 38 Yes
1998 Taha, Halima Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas 270 Yes
1996 Ruzicka, Joseph Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking 220 Yes
Dixon, Annette, editor Kara Walker Pictures from Another Time 96 No
Hoptman, Laura (essay) Drawing Now Eight Propositions
(Exhibition catalog)		 192 No
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