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Bowdoin College Museum of Art: “Kara Walker: 8 Possible Beginnings” Print E-mail
Editor: Brenda Bonneville   
Friday, 13 November 2009

The Exhibit Runs Until February 14, 2010.

Image: Still from “8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, A Moving Picture” by Kara E. Walker)

(Brunswick, ME) Since winning the MacArthur Foundation's "genius" fellowship in 1997, Kara Walker has garnered acclaim for her signature work with black cut-paper silhouettes. Subverting the twinning associations of shadows and silhouettes, Walker creates tableaux that stage alternative episodes from the African-American experience.

In the 2005 film “8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America”, Walker revisits the historical institution of slavery with eight starkly uncensored vignettes. At times silent, accompanied by minstrel music, and offset by the recorded voice of the artist's young daughter, these episodes depict a terrain dominated by the wrenching violence of the unexpected.

For more information, please visit the Bowdoin College Museum of Art website.

>link to Kara Walker website



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