The silhouetted images in Kara Walker's artwork confront America's legacy of racial exploitation with unmistakable clarity. Whether depicting acts of psychosexual violence set against an antebellum plantation backdrop of hanging moss, or cleverly revealing the depth of hatred behind racial stereotypes, Walker's art uses history as its foil. This splendidly designed book presents the artist's work and writings with vivid detail, and offers a valuable introduction to Walker's compelling art.
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The silhouetted images in Kara Walker's artwork confront America's legacy of racial exploitation with unmistakable clarity. Whether depicting acts of psychosexual violence set against an antebellum plantation backdrop of hanging moss, or cleverly revealing the depth of hatred behind racial stereotypes, Walker's art uses history as its foil. This splendidly designed book presents the artist's work and writings with vivid detail, and offers a valuable introduction to Walker's compelling art.
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Add this copy of Kara Walker to cart. $800.00, very good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.
Edition:
1998, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Publisher:
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Published:
1997
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18236636165
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Book. Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's white cloth with black lettering to spine. Mild fading to text on spine and front board. Mild scuffing to boards. Mild bumping and discoloration to tail of spine and bottom corners of boards. This copy has been deaccessioned from the Library of Congress with a stamp to front pastedown, penciling to verso of front free endpaper, and another stamp to title page, crossed out with pencil. Shelved in Case 11. 1391679. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Add this copy of Kara Walker: the Renaissance Society at the University to cart. $802.50, very good condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Distributed Art Pub Inc.
Edition:
1998, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Publisher:
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Published:
02/1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18098165903
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Very Good. Size: 12x9x0; Ownership ink to flyleaf otherwise tight and unmarked in patterned cloth boards. No jacket. Illustrated. F41 Please email for photos.
