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Fortuna and the immortality garden (machine) : a respite for the weary time-traveler. Featuring a rite of ancient intelligence carried out by the gardeners toward the continued improvement of the human specious /

"Kara Walker is renowned for her bold examinations of the dynamics of power and the exploitation of race and sexuality through her profound work that has appeared in exhibitions around the world. She has created monumental sculptures such as A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014), for t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (host institution ,)
Other Authors: Joo, Eungie (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Princeton : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; in association with Princeton University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Walker, Kara Elizabeth > Exhibitions.
African American women artists > Exhibitions.
Installations (Art) > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Race in art > Exhibitions.
Femmes artistes noires américaines > Expositions.
Installations (Art) > 21e siècle > Expositions.
Race dans l'art > Expositions.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Table of Contents:
  • I am not your robot / Kara Walker
  • In conversation / Kara Walker and Eungie Joo
  • General strike...what shapes remain / Damani McNeil
  • Cyborgs: a myth of political identity / Donna Haraway
  • Selections from the notebooks of Gary Graham
  • Race and the uncanny valley: niggers, slaves, and machines / David A. M. Goldberg