Kara Walker's never-before-seen drawings on race and gender



Contemporary painter Kara Walker has shown her silhouetted depictions of plantation life in most of the world’s leading institutions. Her monumental fountain sculpture depicting the transatlantic slave trade, Fons Americanus, made global headlines and even an FKA Twigs’ music video. Now, Kunstmuseum Basel is revealing a lesser-known aspect of Walker’s prolific creative output: her drawings… continue reading on https://o6g7.app.link/XXFzjcnkuhb
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