Kara Walker
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Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Master of Fine Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship
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Larry Aldrich Award ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1969-11-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Atlanta College of Art
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Rhode Island School of Design ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University School of the Arts ⓘ |
| familyName | Walker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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drawing ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative art
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political art ⓘ |
| givenName | Kara ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Museum of Modern Art
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surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Kara Walker self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
black cut-paper silhouettes
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exploration of race and racism in the United States ⓘ exploration of the legacy of slavery in the United States ⓘ large-scale installations ⓘ provocative and controversial imagery ⓘ use of antebellum and plantation-era iconography ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby
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Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart ⓘ The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Stockton
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surface form:
Stockton, California, United States
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| theme |
African American history
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American Civil War ⓘ antebellum South ⓘ stereotypes of Blackness in American visual culture ⓘ |
| workFocus |
gender
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power relations ⓘ race ⓘ sexuality ⓘ slavery ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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