“A whitewashed Civil War text receives a much-needed revision by artist Kara Walker” — Pittsburgh City Paper
“A whitewashed Civil War text receives a much-needed revision by artist Kara Walker” — Pittsburgh City Paper
Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Now on View
Frick Art Museum
One of the youngest MacArthur Genius winners ever, Kara Walker is renowned for her compelling large-scale works and provocative silhouettes.
In this striking exhibition of work, Kara Walker overlays silkscreen figures in solid black silhouette over enlarged illustrations from Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War published in 1866.
