Kara Walker

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Artist
gptkbp:active_years 1994-present
gptkbp:addresses gptkb:Social_issues
Racial stereotypes
gptkbp:art_movement gptkb:African_American_Art
gptkb:contemporary_art
gptkb:Feminist_Art
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:conceptual_art
gptkb:installation_art
Conceptual art
Contemporary art
Feminist art
African American art
Postmodern art
gptkbp:art_style gptkb:drawing
gptkb:conceptual_art
gptkb:installation_art
Conceptual art
Silhouette
Political art
Narrative art
gptkbp:artistic_contribution challenging stereotypes
gptkbp:artistic_focus identity politics
gptkbp:artistic_legacy significant influence on contemporary art.
gptkbp:artistic_philosophy challenging narratives
gptkbp:artistic_technique provocative and confrontational
gptkbp:artistic_vision international acclaim
gptkbp:artwork gptkb:painting
gptkb:drawing
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:film
mixed media
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:The_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum
gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York
gptkb:The_Indianapolis_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Contemporary_Art_Museum_St._Louis
gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:The_Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_High_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Yayoi_Kusama
gptkb:The_Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Baltimore_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_New_Museum
gptkb:The_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_New_York_Public_Library
gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Walker_Art_Center
gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall
gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston
gptkb:The_Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art,_New_York
gptkb:The_Contemporary_Arts_Museum_Houston
gptkb:The_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkb:The_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture,_Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:The_Museum_of_African_American_History
gptkb:The_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum,_Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:The_Walker_Art_Center,_Minneapolis
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis
The New York Public Library, New York
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:drawing
gptkb:Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Houston
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkb:performance_art
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:installation_art
Printmaking
gptkbp:award gptkb:Gordon_Parks_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:Gordon_Parks_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:The_John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:awarded_to gptkb:The_United_States_Artists_Fellowship
gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Grant
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Genius_Grant
gptkb:Art_Prize
gptkb:The_National_Endowment_for_the_Arts_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Arts_Fellowship
gptkb:John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:Gordon_Parks_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:The_National_Design_Award
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem_Artist-in-Residence
gptkb:The_John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
Thelma Golden's Studio Museum in Harlem Award
The 2016 National Medal of Arts
gptkbp:birth_date 1969-11-26
November 26, 1969
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Stockton,_California
Stockton, California, USA
gptkbp:birth_year gptkb:1969
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Stockton,_California
gptkb:1969
gptkbp:challenges Social norms
gptkbp:children gptkb:1
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:David_Adjaye
gptkb:Ava_Du_Vernay
gptkb:Kanye_West
gptkb:Various_artists
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_A_Black_Woman's_Story
gptkb:Kara_Walker_Studio
gptkb:David_Bowie
gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall
gptkb:Theaster_Gates
gptkbp:collaborates_with gptkb:curators
gptkb:Various_Artists
gptkb:Various_artists
gptkbp:collaboration gptkb:The_Met
gptkb:Sculpture_Center
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:David_Adjaye
gptkb:Various_artists
gptkb:David_Bowie
gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_The_Sugar_Factory
gptkb:Theaster_Gates
Theatrical productions
various artists
Film projects
Kara Walker and the New York City Ballet
Kara Walker and the Public Theater
Kara Walker: The Art of the Black Woman
Kara Walker: The Art of the Cut
Kara Walker: The Black Woman
Kara Walker: The Black Woman's Burden exhibition
Various artists in contemporary art
Kara Walker and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
gptkbp:collaborator gptkb:David_Adjaye
gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall
gptkb:Theaster_Gates
gptkbp:created gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Magazine_cover_(2016)
gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Magazine_Cover_(2016)
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_to_One_Southern_Black_Woman
gptkb:The_2019_Tate_Modern_Installation
gptkb:Harper's_Pictorial_History_of_the_Civil_War_(Annotated)
gptkb:Rise_Up
gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden
gptkb:A_Black_Hole_Is_Everything_a_Hole_Looks_Like
gptkb:The_Sphinx
gptkb:The_Cut
gptkb:The_Black_Girl's_Window
gptkb:The_Little_Black_Sambo
gptkb:A_Subtlety
gptkb:The_Black_Girlhood_Project
gptkb:The_Marvelous_Sugar_Baby
gptkb:The_Way_of_the_World
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_Between_the_Dusky_Thighs_of_One_Young_Negress_and_Her_Heart
gptkb:Sugar_Baby
gptkb:The_Kitchen_Table_Series
gptkb:The_End_of_Uncle_Tom_and_the_Grand_Allegorical_Tableau_of_Eva_in_Heaven
gptkb:Darkytown_Rebellion
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_It_Occurred_Between_the_Dusky_Thighs_of_One_Young_Negress_and_Her_Heart
gptkb:The_Means_to_an_End:_A_Shadow_Drama_in_Five_Acts
gptkb:Fons_Americanus
gptkb:Harper's_Pictorial_History_of_the_Civil_War
gptkb:The_2000_installation_at_the_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:The_Battle_of_the_Little_Big_Horn
gptkb:The_Gathering
gptkb:The_Katastwóf_Karavan
gptkb:The_Battle_of_Atlanta
Controversial artworks
The 2019 Venice Biennale Installation
The 1985 installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The 1976 installation at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The 1983 installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The 2003 installation at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The 1974 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The 1988 installation at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The 1964 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The 2010 installation at the Museum of African American History
The 1995 installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
The 1963 installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The 1996 installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The 1971 installation at the Museum of African American History
The 1977 installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The 1989 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The 1982 installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The 1967 installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The 2012 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The 2007 installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The 1975 installation at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The 1979 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The 1978 installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
The 1962 installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The 1960 installation at the Walker Art Center
The 1970 installation at the Walker Art Center
The 1980 installation at the Walker Art Center
The 2013 installation at the Walker Art Center
The 2014 Whitney Biennial Installation
The 2015 installation at the Museum of Modern Art
The 2019 installation at the Tate Modern
The 1966 installation at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The 1997 installation at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The 1987 installation at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The 1994 installation at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The 1984 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The 1973 installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The 1972 installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The 1981 installation at the Museum of African American History
The 1990 installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The 1986 installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
The 2005 installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The 2016 installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The 1965 installation at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The 1968 installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
The 1969 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The 1961 installation at the Museum of African American History
The 1993 installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The 1991 installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
The 1992 installation at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The Emancipation Approximation
Harriet Tubman: The Journey to Freedom
The Blackness of the Black
Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On)
The 2021 ' Kara Walker: A Black Woman's Story' Exhibition
The Sphinx at the Gates of the New World
The 2020 ' Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick' Exhibition
The 2014 installation at the Domino Sugar Factory
gptkbp:creates_works_that Spark dialogue
gptkbp:criticism mixed reviews
Controversial
Innovative
Cultural commentary
Controversial themes
Thought-provoking
Provocative imagery
gptkbp:current_use gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden_Project
gptkb:The_Black_Lives_Matter_mural
gptkb:The_Black_Girlhood_Project
gptkb:Fons_Americanus
ongoing projects
The Sugar Factory
The New York Times Op-Ed illustrations
gptkbp:degree_programs gptkb:Rhode_Island_School_of_Design
gptkbp:directed gptkb:Kara_Walker:_The_Black_Woman's_Guide_to_Finding_a_Good_Man
Kara Walker: 22 Years of Art
The Art of the Cut
The Black Girl's Guide to Finding a Good Man
gptkbp:education gptkb:Rhode_Island_School_of_Design
gptkb:Atlanta_College_of_Art
gptkbp:examines Historical narratives
gptkbp:exhibited_at gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:2021_'_Kara_Walker:_A_Black_Woman's_Story'_Exhibition
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_New_Museum
gptkb:The_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_Rise_Up
gptkb:Solo_Exhibition
gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_The_Way_Forward
gptkb:The_Art_of_the_Black_Woman
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_A_Subtlety
gptkb:The_Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_My_Complement,_My_Enemy,_My_Oppressor,_My_Love
gptkb:The_Way_Forward
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_Cut_to_the_Quick
Group Exhibition
Kara Walker: The Way Forward at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Kara Walker: The Art of the Black Woman
Kara Walker: The Black Woman's Burden
Kara Walker: The New York Times Magazine
Kara Walker: The New York Times Magazine at the New Museum
Kara Walker: The Art of the Black Woman at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Kara Walker: The Black Woman's Burden at the Museum of Modern Art
Kara Walker: A Subtlety at the Domino Sugar Factory
The Art of the Cut
Kara Walker: The Art of the Cut
The New York Times Magazine at the New Museum
Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything a Hole Looks Like
The Black Woman: Who Is She?
gptkbp:exhibition_history gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden
gptkb:A_Subtlety
extensive
Kara Walker: The Black Woman's Burden
Kara Walker: The Art of the Cut
gptkbp:exhibition_year gptkb:2014
gptkb:2019
gptkb:2021
gptkb:2022
gptkb:2023
gptkbp:exhibitions gptkb:The_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum
gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Whitney_Biennial_1993
gptkb:The_Pérez_Art_Museum_Miami
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York
gptkb:The_Contemporary_Art_Museum_St._Louis
gptkb:The_Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_High_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_New_Museum
gptkb:The_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Walker_Art_Center
gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston
gptkb:The_Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Contemporary_Arts_Museum_Houston
gptkb:The_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkb:The_Museum_of_African_American_History
gptkb:Whitney_Biennial_2000
gptkb:Whitney_Biennial
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_British_Museum
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_High_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_New_Museum
gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Walker_Art_Center
gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston
gptkb:The_Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Contemporary_Arts_Museum_Houston
gptkb:The_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkb:The_Museum_of_African_American_History
internationally
Controversial themes
gptkbp:explores gptkb:race
Racial stereotypes
gptkbp:field gptkb:art
gptkbp:genre Visual art
gptkbp:has_a_body_of_work_that Provokes thought
gptkbp:has_award gptkb:Gordon_Parks_Foundation_Fellowship
gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
The 2016 U. S. State Department Medal of Arts
The 2020 American Academy of Arts and Letters Honorary Member
The 2019 National Gallery of Art's Distinguished Artist Award
gptkbp:has_child gptkb:Daughter
gptkbp:has_collaborated_with Various institutions
gptkbp:has_created_works_that Reflect on cultural memory
gptkbp:has_exhibited gptkb:The_Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:The_Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_New_Museum
gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:The_Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkb:Venice_Biennale
gptkbp:has_exhibited_at gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:The_Tate_Modern
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_Brooklyn_Museum
gptkb:The_Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:The_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:The_Venice_Biennale
gptkb:The_Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
Major museums
gptkbp:has_exhibition gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_The_Way_Forward
gptkb:The_Way_Forward
gptkb:A_Subtlety
Kara Walker: The Art of the Black Woman
Kara Walker: The Black Woman's Burden
gptkbp:has_impact_on Contemporary discourse
gptkbp:has_influence_on gptkb:African_American_Culture
gptkb:Art_education
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:feminism
Art criticism
Social justice movements
Gender Issues
Race Relations
gptkbp:has_influenced Emerging artists
Contemporary Artists
gptkbp:has_nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:has_participated_in Panel discussions
Art fairs
gptkbp:has_performed_at Identity politics
gptkbp:has_produced Site-specific installations
gptkbp:has_publications Books on art
gptkbp:has_received Numerous awards
gptkbp:has_style gptkb:contemporary_art
gptkb:conceptual_art
gptkb:installation_art
Silhouette
Combines humor and horror
gptkbp:has_won Numerous awards
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kara Walker
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Art_education
Cultural criticism
Feminist art discourse
Cultural conversations
Contemporary art discourse
Contemporary discussions on race
Artistic representation of African American experiences
Artistic representation of African American history
contemporary discourse on race
Contemporary discussions on race and identity
Artistic representation of race
gptkbp:influence gptkb:American_history
gptkb:feminism
African American culture
gptkbp:influenced Feminist art
African American art
Art historians
Contemporary artists
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:Cindy_Sherman
gptkb:Audre_Lorde
gptkb:Barbara_Kruger
gptkb:Faith_Ringgold
gptkb:Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Robin_D._G._Kelley
gptkb:Roxane_Gay
gptkb:Ta-Nehisi_Coates
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:bell_hooks
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Yoko_Ono
gptkb:Patricia_Hill_Collins
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Henry_Ossawa_Tanner
gptkb:Ibram_X._Kendi
gptkb:Romare_Bearden
gptkb:Ruth_Wilson_Gilmore
gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall
gptkb:Octavia_Butler
gptkb:Charles_White
gptkb:Michelle_Wallace
gptkb:Claudia_Rankine
gptkb:Dionne_Brand
gptkb:Ntozake_Shange
gptkb:The_Black_Arts_Movement
gptkb:The_Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Sonia_Sanchez
gptkb:Kimberlé_Crenshaw
gptkb:literature
gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:feminism
gptkb:film
Art history
Cultural studies
African American culture
African American History
Postcolonial theory
historical art movements
Southern history
African American folklore
Critical race theory
Kara Walker's grandmother
gptkbp:influences gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:History
gptkb:Faith_Ringgold
gptkb:Henry_Ossawa_Tanner
gptkb:Romare_Bearden
gptkb:literature
gptkb:African_American_Culture
gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkb:feminism
gptkb:film
African American culture
African American History
Postcolonial Theory
Historical narratives
Historical Narratives
feminist art
Southern history
History of slavery
Race and gender issues
History of slavery in America
History of race relations in the United States
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:folklore
gptkb:historical_narratives
gptkb:literature
Historical narratives
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:activists
gptkb:cultural_heritage
gptkb:folklore
gptkb:Community_engagement
gptkb:Historical_events
gptkb:Henry_Ossawa_Tanner
gptkb:Romare_Bearden
gptkb:Charles_White
gptkb:Jacob_Lawrence
gptkb:literature
gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkb:oppression
gptkb:feminism
gptkb:film
Art history
Personal experiences
Fairy tales
African American history
Gender studies
Identity politics
Southern culture
Visual storytelling
Slavery history
Visual culture
Historical narratives
Southern History
Film and theater
Historical Narratives
Cultural criticism
African American folklore
Social justice themes
Southern folklore
Race relations in America
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:activists
Community outreach programs
Education initiatives
gptkbp:involvement gptkb:activists
gptkb:Community_outreach
gptkb:Art_education
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:Artist
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of gptkb:Documentaries
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:1994
gptkb:United_States
1990s
gptkbp:is_an_innovator_in Artistic expression
gptkbp:is_aprolific_artist gptkb:Yes
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:feminism
Feminist art
gptkbp:is_attended_by Speak at universities
gptkbp:is_celebrated_for Artistic vision
gptkbp:is_critiqued_by yes
gptkbp:is_featured_in gptkb:Documentaries
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Art_in_America
gptkb:Artforum_Magazine
Art forums
Art history discussions
Major art publications
gptkbp:is_influenced_by gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:Faith_Ringgold
gptkb:Romare_Bearden
Personal experiences
African American history
gptkbp:is_influential_in Contemporary art scene
gptkbp:is_involved_in Public art projects
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:contemporary_art
Visual storytelling
Large-scale installations
Silhouette Art
Challenging conventions
Provocative installations
Challenging Racial Stereotypes
gptkbp:is_known_for_her_commentary_on gptkb:oppression
gptkbp:is_known_for_her_exploration_of Gender issues
gptkbp:is_married_to gptkb:Charles_Gaines
gptkbp:is_often_discussed_in Race relations
gptkbp:is_part_of Art movements
gptkbp:is_recognized_as gptkb:Cultural_Commentary
gptkbp:is_recognized_by Art Collectors
Art Institutions
Art Critics
Art critics
gptkbp:is_recognized_for Innovative techniques
Challenging perceptions of race
gptkbp:is_recognized_for_her_contributions_to Cultural discourse.
gptkbp:is_respected_by gptkb:art_community
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:Rhode_Island_School_of_Design
gptkb:Atlanta_College_of_Art
gptkbp:key_figures Contemporary art movements
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:contemporary_art
Contemporary art
Public Installations
Silhouettes
Controversial themes
Silhouette Art
Silhouette art
Exploring race and gender
silhouette art
exploring race and gender
cut-paper silhouettes
Silhouette performances
exploring race and gender in art
gptkbp:location Professor at Columbia University
Visiting artist at the University of Southern California
Artist-in-residence at the University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting artist at the University of California, Berkeley
gptkbp:media gptkb:painting
gptkb:drawing
gptkb:performance_art
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:installation_art
gptkb:film
Printmaking
gptkbp:medium gptkb:drawing
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:installation
gptkb:installation_art
gptkb:film
Printmaking
Cut paper
Cut Paper Silhouettes
Cut Paper
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_actor gptkb:The_Antebellum_South
gptkbp:notable_figures American art
gptkbp:notable_interview gptkb:Artforum
gptkb:The_Guardian
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:PBS
gptkbp:notable_quote " I’m interested in the way that history is told."
" I want to make work that is beautiful and disturbing."
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_End_of_Uncle_Tom
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_to_One_Southern_Black_Woman
gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_to_One_Southern_Woman
gptkb:Gone,_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_It_Occurred_Between_the_Dusky_Thighs_of_One_Young_Negress_and_Her_Heart
gptkb:The_Black_Girl's_Guide_to_Living_in_the_Real_World
gptkb:A_Subtlety
gptkb:The_Black_Girlhood_Project
gptkb:The_Marvelous_Sugar_Baby
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_Between_the_Dusky_Thighs_of_One_Young_Negress_and_Her_Heart
gptkb:The_Kitchen_Table_Series
gptkb:The_End_of_Uncle_Tom_and_the_Grand_Allegorical_Tableau_of_Eva_in_Heaven
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_It_Occurred_Between_the_Dusky_Thighs_of_One_Young_Negress_and_Her_Heart
gptkb:The_Means_to_an_End:_A_Shadow_Drama_in_Five_Acts
gptkb:Fons_Americanus
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:visual_arts
gptkb:filmmakers
gptkb:Professor
gptkbp:personal_life Married to artist
Mother of one
gptkbp:public_art gptkb:The_Black_Girlhood_Project
gptkb:The_Marvelous_Sugar_Baby
The Sugar Factory
gptkbp:publications gptkb:Kara_Walker:_Narratives_of_a_Negress
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_A_Black_Woman's_Story
gptkb:Kara_Walker:_My_Complement,_My_Enemy,_My_Oppressor,_My_Love
numerous articles
Kara Walker: The Art of the Black Woman
Kara Walker: The Black Woman
Kara Walker: A Black Woman
Kara Walker: The Art of the Silhouette
gptkbp:received gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:recognition international acclaim
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:New_York_City,_USA
gptkb:The_Studio_Museum_in_Harlem
gptkbp:resides_in gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:social_commentary gptkb:cultural_identity
gptkb:American_history
yes
Racism
Historical narratives
Sexuality
Power dynamics
gptkbp:social_media gptkb:Twitter
gptkb:Instagram
gptkb:Facebook
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Charles_Gaines
gptkbp:style gptkb:African_American_Art
gptkb:contemporary_art
gptkb:performance_art
gptkb:Feminist_Art
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:installation_art
gptkb:storytelling
Contemporary art
Social commentary
Historical references
Political
Political Art
Silhouette
Postmodern Art
Political art
Postmodern art
Provocative
Controversial themes
Silhouette Art
Silhouette art
Historical themes
Narrative art
Narrative Art
Cut-paper silhouettes
Film and video art
gptkbp:technique gptkb:painting
gptkb:drawing
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:installation_art
gptkb:Mixed_media
Printmaking
Projection
Cut paper silhouettes
Silhouette cutting
projection and shadow play
silhouette cutting
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
gptkb:oppression
Historical narratives
Race and Identity
Race and identity
Gender and sexuality
History and memory
gptkbp:themes gptkb:History
gptkb:Memory
gptkb:Violence
gptkb:race
gptkb:identity
Gender
Historical trauma
Sexuality
Power dynamics
Race relations
Gender issues
Race and identity
Gender and sexuality
race and gender
History and memory
Violence and trauma
gptkbp:uses gptkb:drawing
gptkb:installation_art
Printmaking
Historical references
Cut paper silhouettes
Silhouette Technique
gptkbp:utilizes Historical imagery
gptkbp:was_a_proponent_of Art as activism
gptkbp:was_akey_figure_in Modern art.
gptkbp:was_involved_in Art education initiatives
gptkbp:was_known_for Irony
Engage audiences
gptkbp:website karawalker.com
http://www.karawalker.com
gptkbp:won gptkb:The_2013_Art_Prize
gptkb:The_2010_Art_Prize
gptkbp:won_award gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:works gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_to_One_Southern_Black_Woman
gptkb:drawing
gptkb:The_2014_Whitney_Biennial
gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Revenge
gptkb:The_Black_Woman
gptkb:The_Black_Woman's_Burden
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_to_One_Southern_Woman
gptkb:The_Sphinx
gptkb:The_Little_Black_Sambo
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:A_Subtlety
gptkb:The_Black_Girlhood_Project
gptkb:The_Marvelous_Sugar_Baby
gptkb:Gone:_An_Historical_Romance_of_a_Civil_War_as_it_Occurred_Between_the_Dusky_Thighs_of_One_Young_Negress_and_Her_Heart
gptkb:The_2019_Venice_Biennale
gptkb:The_Kitchen_Table_Series
gptkb:The_End_of_Uncle_Tom_and_the_Grand_Allegorical_Tableau_of_Eva_in_Heaven
gptkb:Darkytown_Rebellion
gptkb:The_Means_to_an_End:_A_Shadow_Drama_in_Five_Acts
gptkb:The_Battle_of_the_Little_Big_Horn
gptkb:installation_art
gptkb:film
gptkb:The_Battle_of_the_Sexes
Printmaking
The Sugar Factory
The Black Girl
The Black Woman's Body
The Black Woman's Dream
The Black Woman's Future
The Black Woman's Journey
The Black Woman's Legacy
The Black Woman's Power
The Black Woman's Story
The Black Woman's Voice
The Black Woman's Beauty
The Black Woman's Fight
The Black Woman's Heart
The Black Woman's Joy
The Black Woman's Life
The Black Woman's Love
The Black Woman's Mind
The Black Woman's Pain
The Black Woman's Past
The Black Woman's Path
The Black Woman's Present
The Black Woman's Road
The Black Woman's Soul
The Black Woman's Spirit
The Black Woman's Strength
The Black Woman's Struggle
The Black Woman's Way
The Black Woman's Wisdom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:auditorium
gptkb:The_National_Museum_of_African_Art
gptkb:The_Hirshhorn_Museum_and_Sculpture_Garden
gptkb:Jeff_Koons
gptkb:National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall
gptkb:The_National_Portrait_Gallery
gptkb:The_Hermitage
gptkb:The_Phillips_Collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3