Kara Walker

artdesign

History Girl

The art is fierce. Raunchy, defiant, grotesque, in your face, unset- tlingly violent, racially charged, epic, fiendishly satirical. And fierce.
The woman who makes the art is not.
By Julie L. Belcove
Keywords
Kara Walker,
profile,
artist,
Whitney Museum
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