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Kara Walker

Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes.

Known for

Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021 • Self
Palacetor
Palacetor
2016 • The General
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014
The Black List: Volume Two
The Black List: Volume Two
2009 • Self

Full filmography

Palacetor
Palacetor
2016 • The General
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Kara Walker – Biography, Known For & Filmography