…four images: Kara Walker In collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Phila, “Fibbergibbet and Mumbo Jumbo: Kara E. Walker in Two Acts” (details), 2004, Image courtesy of the artist…
Read MoreRoberta and I both went to the Fabric Workshop and Museum Friday to see Kara Walker’s performance, “Fibbergibbet and Mumbo Jumbo: Kara E. Walker in Two Acts.” Roberta had an…
Read More…Polly Apfelbaum comes to mind…and Kara Walker. The piece is darkness in the garden; Alice in Wonderland in fishnet stockings and black lace underwear. (images are detail shots of the…
Read MorePost from Mark Barry With regards to [Kara] Walker and [John] Currin, I admire their work a lot. The edge they may have originally had for me is tamed by…
Read MoreSo here’s my comparison of the day. Remember how so many African-American women artists are upset by the work of Kara Walker (which I admit to adoring), because Walker has…
Read More…Fischl, say, who beats you over the head with his points, is a breath of fresh air. A contemporary counterpart– I’m thinking of her watercolor drawings — is Kara Walker,…
Read More…Blue Cave, 2001) Mar 27-May 29 — also hot Kara Walker will install a hand-fashioned “untailored” cyclorama she’s been working on at the FWM. Using bamboo, balsa wood and cotton…
Read More…pleases the eye far less. My opinion, my taste. I will say I think Segal has been an influence on succeeding generations of artists. You could almost argue that Kara…
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