Kara Walker

Kara Walker uses silhouettes to visually reduce complex figures to racial and sexual stereotypes, making them ambiguous and forcing viewers to confront their own biases and preconceptions. Silhouettes, a form historically used for genteel portraiture, allow her to subvert expectations by blending the beautiful with the grotesque, revealing the... See more

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

Kara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation

Kara Walker is vooral bekend om haar openhartige onderzoek naar ras, gender, seksualiteit en geweld, aan de hand van silhouetten van figuren die te zien zijn op talloze tentoonstellingen over de hele wereld.