Kara Walker: Fortuna and the Immortality Heaven

By:

Joo, Eungie

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco MOMA in association with Princeton University Press; 2025Description: 130p; 29x22cmISBN:

9780691271408

Subject(s):

N4390-5098 Visual Arts- Exhibitions

Summary: 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, including A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014), for the former Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn, and Fons Americanus (2019) for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. This beautifully designed book documents the creation of Walker’s major new commission, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine) (2024), at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	SAF Reference Library	Visual Arts	N4390-5098 230.513 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		5492

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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, including A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014), for the former Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn, and Fons Americanus (2019) for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. This beautifully designed book documents the creation of Walker’s major new commission, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine) (2024), at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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