Kara Walker "Dust Jackets for the Niggerati-and Supporting Dissertations, Drawings submitted ruefully by Dr. Kara E. Walker"
Sikkema, Jenkins & Co
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Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Lehmann Maupin Gal lery presents joint exhibitions of new works by Kara Walker on view at both galleries from April 21 through June 4, 2011. The exhibition at Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Dust Jackets for the Niggerati- and Supporting Dissertations, Drawings submitted ruefully by Dr. Kara E. Walker, will feature new graphite drawings and hand-printed texts on paper. This body of work grew out of the artist’s search for understanding of the way that power asserts itself in interpersonal and geopolitical spheres. As she embarked on this quest the figural elements began to disappear from her work. Now, they emerge again in what Walker describes as a “giddy embrace” of the figural and the narrative.
[Image: Kara Walker "The Great Negro Heroine" (2011) Graphite on paper 22.5 x 30 in.]
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from April 21, 2011 to June 11, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-04-21 from 18:00 to 20:00