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Kara Walker, Aunty Walker's Wall Sampler for
Civilians (detail), 2013. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York ©
Kara Walker.
Image via camdenartscentre.org.
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We at
Camden Arts Centre are Exceedingly Proud to Present an Exhibition of Capable
Artworks by the Notable Hand of the Celebrated American, Kara Elizabeth Walker,
Negress.
October 11, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Thursday, October
10, 2013, 5:45 – 6:30pm
(Please note:
This event is sold out.)
Arkwright Road
London, England
American artist Kara Walker (b.
1969) fills all three gallery spaces at Camden Arts Centre over
the autumn months. Renouncing the sensitivity that often shrouds the subject,
Walker’s work critically and unapologetically interrogates underlying racial
and gender tensions. Through characters drawn from American popular literature,
culture and history, she exposes the myths that lie beneath cultural archetypes
and the darker aspects of human behaviour.
Walker’s new work reflects her current research
into the White Supremacist movement and gun culture in the US. Peopled with
subjects from both past and contemporary history, the work weaves together
historical documents of slavery with more recent racial issues.
The exhibition brings together several
important bodies of recent work. Dust Jackets for the Niggerati is a series of large graphite
drawings, conceived as book covers for unwritten essays and works of fiction,
which investigates pivotal transitions in black American history and the
missing narratives of the black migration. Shown alongside a video installation
of her shadow play Fall Frum
Grace- Miss Pipi’s Blue Tale and intricately cut silhouette
installations, the ‘wall samplers’, the exhibition addresses highly-charged
subjects of repression, discrimination and sexual violence.
Connecting all of the work is an examination of
power, racial myths and stereotypes. Using graphically simple and traditional
media, Walker articulates suffering and violence within American history that
continues to resonate in society today.
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