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Exhibition Review
Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything a Star Longs to Be
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 56-59
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Reviewer:
Daunt, Catherine (Daunt, Catherine)
Subjects
artists:
Walker, Kara
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany / Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
subjects:
African American art / American art / Women artists / Black people
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything a Star Longs to Be Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 15th October 2021–16th January 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Barack Obama tormented St Anthony putting up with the whole ‘birther’ conspiracy, by Kara Walker. 2019. Pastel, conté crayon and charcoal on treated paper, 221.9 by 182.9 cm. (Private collection; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt).
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3. Prize from the series The gross clinician presents, by Kara Walker. 2018. Graphite, sumi ink, gofun and gouache, 76 by 57 cm. (Kunstmuseum, Basel; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt).
Attributed works:
Yesterdayness in America today, by Kara Walker. 2020. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 221.9 by 365.8 cm. (Private collection; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt).
Exhibition Review
Jason Moran. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 694-695
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Reviewer:
Mullin, Diane (Mullin, Diane)
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artists:
Moran, Jason / Jonas, Joan / Gates, Theaster / Simpson, Lorna / Walker, Kara / Weems, Carrie Mae / Mehretu, Julie / Pendleton, Adam / Douglas, Stan / Ligon, Glenn
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Installations (visual works) / Videos / Documents / Drawings / Sculpture / Performance art
museums and institutions:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, United States
places:
United States / Minneapolis
subjects:
Music / Musicians / Jazz / Popular culture / Reconstructions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. STAGED: Savoy Ballroom 1, by Jason Moran. 2015. Mixed media, sound, 304.8 by 548.6 by 304.8 cm. (Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York; photograph Farzad Owrang; exh. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
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40. STAGED: Three Deuces, by Jason Moran. 2015. Mixed media, sound, 243.8 by 304.8 by 396.2 cm. (Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York; photograph Farzad Owrang; exh. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
Exhibition Review
Emily Jacir; Kara Walker
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 050–051
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Reviewer:
Spawls, Alice (Spawls, Alice)
Subjects
artists:
Jacir, Emily, b. 1970 / Walker, Kara
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
private galleries:
Victoria Miro (gallery), London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. A still from Lydda Airport, by Emily Jacir. 2009 (Courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York, © Emily Jacir; exh. Whitechapel Gallery, London)
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61. The jubilant martyrs of obsolescence and ruin, by Kara Walker. 2015 (Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London; © Kara Walker)
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62. Four idioms on negro art #4 Primitivism, by Kara Walker. 2015 (Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, and Victoria Miro, London; © Kara Walker)
Exhibition Review
Riley, de Kooning, Olitski and other exhibitions. New York
01/2008 | 1258 | 150
Pages: 61-63
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Reviewer:
Lawrence, James (Lawrence, James)
Subjects
artists:
Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain / De Kooning, Willem / Olitski, Jules / Guston, Philip / Johns, Jasper / Walker, Kara
dates:
2000-2009
places:
United States / New York
print:
Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain
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Olitski, Jules
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Guston, Philip
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Johns, Jasper
print:
Walker, Kara
private galleries:
PaceWildenstein, New York, United States / L & M Arts, New York, United States / Gagosian Gallery, New York, United States / Knoedler & Co, New York, United States / Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, United States / Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, United States / Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, United States
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Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bridget Riley: Recent Paintings and Gouaches | institution: PaceWildenstein
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Jules Olitski: The Late Paintings – A Celebration | institution: Knoedler & Co
subjects:
Kara Walker | institution: Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
subjects:
Philip Guston/Jasper Johns | institution: Brooke Alexander , institution: Leo Castelli Gallery
subjects:
Willem de Kooning 1981–1986 | institution: L & M Arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
75. Wall painting I, by Bridget Riley. 2007. Graphite and acrylic on wall, 266.1 by 495 cm. (Exh. PaceWildenstein, New York)
Attributed works:
76. Untitled VIII, by Willem de Kooning. 1986. Canvas, 177.8 by 203.2 cm. (Julie and Edward J. Minskoff; exh. L & M Arts, New York)
Attributed works:
77. The treasure hunters, by Kara Walker. 2007. Mixed media, newsprint and cut paper on panel, 213.4 by 152.4 by 5.1 cm. (Exh. Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York)
Exhibition Review
Kara Walker. Minneapolis, New York and Los Angeles
06/2007 | 1251 | 149
Pages: 437-438
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
artists:
Walker, Kara
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, United States / Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States / Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / New York / Minneapolis / Los Angeles
print:
Walker, Kara
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love | institution: Hammer Museum , institution: Walker Art Center , institution: Whitney Museum of American Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
73. Cut, by Kara Walker. 1998. Cut paper and adhesive on wall, 223.5 by 137.2 cm. (Collection Donna and Cargill MacMillan, Wayzata, MN; exh. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
Attributed works:
74. Darkytown rebellion, by Kara Walker. 2001. Projection, cut paper and adhesive on wall, 4.3 by 11.3 m. (Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; exh. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).