Kara Walker Response. Thomas Held
As I climbed the poorly-lit and somewhat oppressively low-ceilinged stairs to Kara Walker’s exhibition, my steps slowed a bit as I began to hear music. Faint at first, it grew steadily louder as I ascended, until, when I reached the landing, I was confronted by a wall of noise built chiefly, I think, from strings. […]
Response to Kara Walker Exhibit
Response to Kara Walker Exhibit
Daniel Cowen
The Torah reading cycle restarted two weeks ago with the famous quote of “let there be light.” I always thought of this as the birth of human thought, as all we know is derived from contrast, contrast like light from darkness. In Kara Walker’s exhibit at the Whitey […]
Kara Walker Post by Raj
Kara Walker’s artwork portrayed the negative aspects of African American oppression by the white population. Her most dramatic works show exaggerations of genitals, in terms of their sizes, and interracial rape between whites and blacks, with black women being the victims. These symbolic elements aren’t immediately clear because they are made unconventionally and without any […]
Walker Repsonse: Anna J Fitting.
Walker’s mural Excavated from the Black Heart of a Negress is a depiction of various scenes regarding the mistreatment of African Americans by white American. Only silhouetted figures, archaically clothed and mannered, are displayed in this mural. With a swift glance, the piece may appear to be a series of stills from a cartoon; lighthearted […]
Reflection on Kara Walker- Andrew Viola
Walking into the Kara Walker Exhibition I was surprised that it was full of silhouette figures. Silhouettes are interesting in themselves actually, at least to me they are. The word silhouette is named after a French economist that tried unconventional methods to bring France out of a deficit in the 1760’s after the Seven Years’ […]
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