Open Today until 8 pm

Parking Alert | The Broad's garage is closed Tue 3/17–Fri 3/20. Grand Ave & 2nd Street closures are in effect 8 am–2 pm daily. Park at Walt Disney Concert Hall via Lower Grand Avenue.

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Parking Alert | The Broad's garage is closed Tue 3/17–Fri 3/20. Grand Ave & 2nd Street closures are in effect 8 am–2 pm daily. Park at Walt Disney Concert Hall via Lower Grand Avenue.

Open Today until 8 pm

Open Today until 8 pm

Parking Alert | The Broad's garage is closed Tue 3/17–Fri 3/20. Grand Ave & 2nd Street closures are in effect 8 am–2 pm daily. Park at Walt Disney Concert Hall via Lower Grand Avenue.

© Kara Walker

Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching

Kara Walker

Accession Date:

05/23/14

Accession Number:

B-WALK-2014.009

2006

painted laser cut steel

By Kara Walker in the Collection

Kara Walker - From set 5 of the series Negress Notes, 1996, watercolor and ink on paper

Kara Walker, 1996

From set 5 of the series Negress Notes

Kara Walker - Treesum, 1998, coffee and gouache on paper

Kara Walker, 1998

Treesum

Kara Walker - Paternity Test, 2009, cut paper on wall

Kara Walker, 2009

Paternity Test

Kara Walker - Pastorale, 2010, graphite and pastel on paper

Kara Walker, 2010

Pastorale

On View

Kara Walker - The Palmetto Libretto (part two of a multi part work. This one's a sketch for an American comic opera with shipwreck and cargo), 2012, pastel and graphite on paper

Kara Walker, 2012

The Palmetto Libretto (part two of a multi part work. This one's a sketch for an American comic opera with shipwreck and cargo)

Kara Walker - Danse de la Nubienne Nouveaux, 1998, cut paper on wall

Kara Walker, 1998

Danse de la Nubienne Nouveaux

Kara Walker - Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching, 2006, painted laser cut steel

Kara Walker, 2006

Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching

Kara Walker - African't, 1996, cut paper on wall

Kara Walker, 1996

African't

On View

Kara Walker - Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good Intentions, 2004, black and white video, no audio and framed cut paper sillhouette

Kara Walker, 2004

Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good Intentions

Kara Walker - The White Power 'Gin/Machine to Harvest the Nativist Instinct for Beneficial Uses to Border Crossers Everywhere, 2019, soft pastel, charcoal, and oil sticks on paper; graphite and ink on paper

Kara Walker, 2019

The White Power 'Gin/Machine to Harvest the Nativist Instinct for Beneficial Uses to Border Crossers Everywhere

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