KARA WALKER; AFTER THE DELUGE / Publisher RIZZOLI
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.
Kara Walker is
the most unique and inventive artists of the last 20 years. The book ' After the Deluge' published in 2007 in which
the images were made before KATRINA arose as a metaphor and response to the disaster.
Ms. Walker born in California in 1969 received her MFA from the Rhode Island
School of Design. She has received the MacArthur Foundation Achievement Award. Her work is found at the Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and Whitney. Her genteel Victorian silhouttes graphically portray scenes
of the antebellum South. The images are 'unleashed' onto the walls of museums and galleries. ' After the Deluge' inspired
by the tragedy that beset the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, Walker has created a volume exploring the interconnnectedness
of the subject of the sea, race and poverty by juxtaposing examples of her work and historical works from the 19th century.
' After the Deluge' is a spectacular and important work that capitalizes
on Walker's deftness at graphic and visceral storytelling, sharing difficult themes the artist explores
