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Kara Walker

Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist, filmmaker, and university professor, who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. Walker is most well known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes that interrogate…

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Notable work
Darkytown Rebellion, no place (like home), A Subtlety
Awards
MacArthur fellowship
Born
(1969-11-26) November 26, 1969 (age 56) Stockton, California, U.S.
Father
Larry Walker

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Kara Walker

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Kara Walker

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related to Solo exhibitions · 90
Kara Walker → After, Annotated, Art2007, Art2017, Artisans, Be, Belfast, Black Hole, Brooklyn, Camden Art Centre, Camden Arts Centre, Capable Artworks, Celebrated American, Chicago2013, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Civil War, Cleveland Museum, Co, Collections
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related to Career · 43
Kara Walker → American, An Historical Romance, Antebellum South, Artisans, At, Catherine, Civil War, Creative Time, Domino Sugar Refining Plant, Drawing, Drawings, Dusky Thighs, Gone, Her Heart, Homage, In, It Occurred Between, John, Kitchens, Kunstmuseum Basel
related to References · 27
Kara Walker → Art Now, Books, Do, February, Goldbaum, Hans Werner Holzwarth, History, Inc, ISBN, Karen, Marquand Books, Minneapolis, My Complement, My Enemy, My Love, My Oppressor, Phillppe, Pictures From Another Time, Seattle, Taschen
related to External links · 13
Kara Walker → Art, Kara, OculaKara Walker, PBS, REDCATKara Walker, Season, Smithsonian American Art Museum, South Archived January, Time, Twenty-First Century, Walker's Song, WalkerBiography, Wayback Machine
related to Web sources · 2
Kara Walker → Modern Art Insight, The Art Story
Awards · 1
Kara Walker → MacArthur fellowship
Born · 1
Kara Walker → (1969-11-26) November 26, 1969 (age 56) Stockton, California, U.S.
Father · 1
Kara Walker → Larry Walker

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Kara WalkerWebsitekarawalkerstudio.com1.00infobox
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