Kara walker

Walker’s latest work is disturbing, but the horror it portrays belongs to the American subconscious.

Discover and purchase Kara Walker’s artworks, available for sale. Browse our selection of paintings, prints, and sculptures by the artist, and find art you love.

Andrea K. Scott writes about the artist Kara Walker’s new show, at the Sikkema Jenkins & Co. gallery in New York.

Every day in ‘lockdown’, we are asked to consider the effects of social distancing – as if segregation weren’t already a reality

5 Black Female Artists You (and Your Students!) Should Know Connections % %

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Kara Walker, Roots and Links, Inc., 1997, black paper collage on prepared wove paper - National Gallery of Art - USA - African American Artists: Collection Highlights

Kara Walker uses the cutout silhouette to create a jarring irony in her depictions of violence against African Americans.

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