Grace Is My Middle Name

tangledupinlace:

thejazzpoet:

 Kara Walker. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes and the explorations of race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work.

Learned about her work in my Art Appreciation class. 

oh man I had SUCH a tense conversation with a white woman at MOMA about Kara’s work that just ended in me yelling, “THINK ABOUT WHY THIS MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE”. I mean, that was the best I could do with the situation

Oh wow. I saw some of her work at the Walker, I think in the Event Horizon exhibition? I just remember how much it stood out from the torn canvases and splatter paint. There’s so much thought put into her work, and so much thought generated. Love.

(Source: pussytooth)