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Kara Walker: Hyundai Commission
Kara Walker: Hyundai Commission
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A new book on American artist Kara Walker and her Fall 2019 installation at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
The works of New York–based artist Kara Walker (b. 1969) have been featured prominently in exhibitions around the world since the mid-1990s. Walker is renowned for her candid explorations of race, gender, sexuality and violence, from drawings, prints, murals, shadow puppets, cut-paper silhouettes, and projections to large-scale sculptural installations, often referencing the history of slavery and the antebellum American South. Now, Walker is creating the latest Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Documenting the work’s creation, this book includes images of the work in process as well as the final installation. Walker introduces a personal selection of archival images and artworks that have influenced her during the genesis of this work. Essays by curator Clara Kim and a specially commissioned piece by the celebrated writer Zadie Smith offer fresh and intriguing insights into Walker’s life and career.
The works of New York–based artist Kara Walker (b. 1969) have been featured prominently in exhibitions around the world since the mid-1990s. Walker is renowned for her candid explorations of race, gender, sexuality and violence, from drawings, prints, murals, shadow puppets, cut-paper silhouettes, and projections to large-scale sculptural installations, often referencing the history of slavery and the antebellum American South. Now, Walker is creating the latest Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Documenting the work’s creation, this book includes images of the work in process as well as the final installation. Walker introduces a personal selection of archival images and artworks that have influenced her during the genesis of this work. Essays by curator Clara Kim and a specially commissioned piece by the celebrated writer Zadie Smith offer fresh and intriguing insights into Walker’s life and career.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clara Kim is the Daskalopoulos senior curator, international art (Africa, Asia, and Middle East), at Tate. Zadie Smith is one of today’s most respected and popular writers. Her bestselling novels White Teeth, NW, and On Beauty have won numerous prizes. She is a professor of fiction at New York University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9781849766852
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US)
Pub Date: 20200421
Height: 9.5 inches
Width: 7 inches
No. of Pages: 160
Illustrations: 120 color illustrations
Category: ART / General
Category: ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
