Kara Walker : a black hole is everything a star longs to be : drawings 1992-2020 /

"A unique opportunity to encompass the celebrated and impacting universe of Kara Walker, this publication gathers together 600+ works on paper realized by the artist between 1992 and 2020--almost all of them being reproduced for the first time, as they come out from her until now zealously-guar...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Haldemann, Anita (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Geneva : JRP Editions, [2020]
Subjects:	Walker, Kara Elizabeth > Exhibitions. Walker, Kara Elizabeth. 2000-2099 African Americans in art > Exhibitions. Blacks in art > Exhibitions. Slavery in art > Exhibitions. Race in art > Exhibitions. Silhouettes > United States > History > 21st century > Exhibitions. African Americans in art. Blacks in art. Race in art. Silhouettes. Slavery in art. United States. Exhibition catalogs. History.

Table of Contents:

The Black (w)hole, and what it means to me / Kara Walker
Kara Walker's drawings : a dance of skepticism and faith / Anita Haldemann
The site of memory : Kara Walker drawing / Maurice Berger
A near-ideal Black body! On the metaphysics and materialist aesthetics of one Kara E. Walker's Black universe / Aria Dean.