— Benjamin Sutton, Artsy The artist Kara Walker has created an instantly iconic portrait of the recently deceased author Toni Morrison for the cover of The New Yorker magazine. The portrait, shared by the magazine on Instagram and reposted by Walker, features a closeup of Morrison’s head. The artwork is rendered in Walker’s distinctive, high-contrast, cut […]
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Kara Walker Invites You to a Public Hanging | Hyperallergic
Walker’s installation “Virginia’s Lynch Mob” evokes a latter-day Saturnalia, turning the world upside-down.
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Kara Walker’s Show is a Painful, Necessary Reminder That US Culture Wars Never Ended | Hyperallergic
Walker’s drawn and collaged images depicting haunting scenes of abuse and violence refuse to let us look away from America’s bloody past and present.
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Kara Walker’s Triumphant New Show Is the Best Art Made About This Country in This Century | Vulture | NY Magazine
James Baldwin once said that “no true account really of black life can be held, can be contained, in the American vocabulary.”
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Kara Walker’s Next Act | Vulture
After the success of her sugar sphinx, the artist is a whole different kind of public figure — and figuring out a whole new approach to public art.
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No More Jezebel or Mammy: New Museum Art Exhibit Shatters Stereotypical Depictions of Black Women – Atlanta Black Star
A new art exhibit at Louisiana’s Alexandria Museum of Art is breaking down the stereotype of the strong Black woman, thanks to contributions from Black female artists.
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