Walkers grote overzichtstentoonstelling, Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love , werd georganiseerd door het Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, waar de tentoonstelling in februari 2007 in première ging

Key reasons for using silhouettes Confronting racial and sexual stereotypes: Walker uses the simplistic form of silhouettes to depict caricatured figures that are based on harmful stereotypes, highlighting how racial stereotypes are "reductions of actual human beings".Creating ambiguity and audience complicity: By leaving out facial features, the... See more

The questions these artists wrestled with not only reflect the tumult of the 1960s, but also provide the foundation for innumerable works of art made since. Are aesthetic sensibilities specific to racial identity? What relationship should artists have with the social and political concerns of Black Americans?