Essays on Kara Walker

Flags

Three Flags is an illustration of how Johns regularly utilized pictures and procedures from famous mass society, things like promoting, comic books, and as Johns once said, "Things the brain knows" (Orton 156). Like the American banner. His work appeared to be mostly a response to Abstract Expressionism, an artisanship development of the time whose depictions had no conspicuous substance all. Everybody could perceive the American banners. Anyhow, their significance could be generally as tricky as an Abstract Expressionist painting. Case in point, everybody who takes a gander at a painting of the American banner will discover their own particular significance, contingent ...

Introduction

One of the outstanding collections of contemporary art is the Rubell Family Collection (RFC) which was founded in 1964 in New York City immediately after its founders Donald and Mera Rubell tied knot. Being one of the largest privately owned contemporary art collections, the RFC showcases its collections in a 45,000 square foot warehouse owned by former Drug Enforcement Agency. The museum of RFC comprises 27 galleries, a film and lecture theatre, a research library with more than 40,000 volumes, a media room, a gift shop, a book store and a sculpture garden. The collection which is open for public view since 1996 features ...

Introduction

Kara Walker is a modern African-American visual artist who focuses on race, sexuality, violence, identity, and race in her artworks. Born on 26 November 1969 in Stockton, California, the artist is renowned for her big tableaux of black designed paper shapes. He father was a former professional artist, university professor, and a manager while her mother worked as a secretary. Kara grew with a good relationship with his father whom she was quoted as saying that her best memories are about the times she sat on his father’s laps in the studio in their house’s garage and watch him draw. She remembers ...

Kara Walker’s painting is a clear combination of techniques which can be said to have imbued the American psyche. The issue of racism is quite clear and one can feel it in the title which is ‘The Rich Soil Down There’ where the inherent racism which permeates the piece is demonstrated by its clear allusion to the agricultural labourer’s history especially in the Antebellum South. The work which is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts has a lot in common with other works which Walker has exhibited at a number of important museums. These include the ...

Betye Saar, Michael Ray Charles, Kerry James Marshal and Kara Walker

Art and History The history of African-American people and slavery in the United States can be difficult to face and therefore it is often easy to ignore. The four artists Betye Saar, Michael Ray Charles, Kerry James Marshal and Kara Walker have each used their artistic talents and vision to remind people that Black History is still important, still impacts our lives today and still must be faced even when painful. There are many differences in the way they present their art. Betye Saar uses mostly soft colors and a variety of small memorabilia and images to create ...