Kara Walker

born 1969

Fons Americanus 2019
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Artworks

Stark black silhouette of a barefoot girl in a full skirt striding forward, raising a key in one hand and lifting a chicken's head to her mouth while the headless bird flaps at left

The Keys to the Coop

Black cut-paper silhouettes span a white gallery wall: figures among palm trees, a crouching figure beneath a great swirling vortex ringed with shark shapes, and pairs of figures struggling and embracing

Grub for Sharks: A Concession to the Negro Populace

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8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture by Kara E. Walker

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