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    News and Articles on Kara Walker



    FULL HIGHLIGHTS  May 1, 2009
    Artspeaks Series Kara Walker conversation and discussion 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13. Walker, a visual artist on the faculty of Columbia University s MFA program, is known for exploring the raw intersection of race, gender and sexuality through her iconic, silhouetted figures. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)

    Aboriginal art show riddled with clichés  Apr 28, 2009
    The crudeness of the cutouts evokes a faux primitivism an ambiguous and loaded place for a black/native artist to place himself but they also suggest the tradition of colonial American paper silhouettes, mining that cultural form without any of the delicacy and complexity that attends, say, the work of black U.S. artist Kara Walker. M. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    HBO and Cox Communications, in Partnership With the Urban League of Hampton Roads, to Host the Virginia Premiere of 'THE BLACK LIST: VOL.2,' February 23, at Chrysler Hall, in Norfolk, Virginia  Feb 14, 2009
    Gov. Deval Patrick; pastor T.D. Jakes; physician and academic Valerie Montgomery-Rice, M.D.; filmmaker Tyler Perry; singer Charley Pride; fashion designer Patrick Robinson; actress Maya Rudolph; musician RZA; filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles; and artist Kara Walker. Mitchell is never heard or seen on camera, which allows the subjects' own voices to remain the focus. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)




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