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Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge
March 21, 2006–August 6, 2006
The Gioconda and Joseph King Gallery, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, Modern Art, Modern Art
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, contemporary American artist Kara Walker (b. 1969)—widely recognized for her exploration of issues of race, gender, and sexuality through the 18th-century medium of cut-paper silhouettes—juxtaposes a variety of objects from the Museum's collection with her own work in order to explore "the transformative effect and psychological meaning of the sea" and the role assigned to black figures represented in art.
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