Kara Walker

Mistress Demanded Swift and Dramatic Empathetic Reaction Which We Obliged Her
2000

Silhouetted figures projected on a wall above an overhead projector in a dark room.

Silhouetted figures projected on a wall above an overhead projector in a dark room.

Not on view

Date
2000

Classification
Installations

Medium
Cut paper and projection on wall

Dimensions
Overall: 144 × 204 × 300in. (365.8 × 518.2 × 762 cm)

Accession number
2001.228

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 2000 Kara Walker

API
artworks/15687

Part of a series:

16 works

A black and white illustration featuring a large silhouette of a woman running in the foreground with a detailed scene in the background depicting a crowd of people, some playing musical instruments and others dancing. The scene suggests a celebration or gathering, with buildings and trees also visible in the background. Text at the bottom reads "Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats."

A black and white artwork featuring a silhouette of a slender figure with a hat, carrying a bucket and a rifle, walking towards the left. In the background, a historical scene unfolds with a caravan of covered wagons and a group of people on horseback. A large, dark cloud-like shape overlays part of the scene with the words "Soul So..." visible within it. The bottom right corner contains a signature and the year, while the bottom left has the text "AN ARMY TRAIL."

Black and white artwork featuring a large silhouette of a person in a crouching position overlaid on a detailed park scene with trees, people, and horses. The silhouette creates a stark contrast with the intricate background, and there is text at the bottom of the image.

A black and white illustration featuring a silhouette of a person in the foreground with an outstretched arm, overlooking a scene of three individuals in a canoe in a swampy area with dense trees and hanging moss. The text below reads "COTTON HOARDS IN SOUTHERN SWAMP."

A black and white print featuring silhouetted figures of a woman and a child, both in a playful pose, with the woman appearing to dance and the child holding a flag, set against a detailed backdrop of a stormy sea with ships and a cloudy sky. The image has a caption at the bottom and is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

A black and white illustration titled "Deadbrook after the Battle of Ezra's Church." It depicts a silhouetted figure crouching on a branch in the foreground, with a desolate battlefield scene below. There are fallen soldiers and broken fences amidst the trees, conveying a somber post-battle atmosphere.

A black and white artwork depicting a large, dark triangle with a rough, textured outline against a lighter background that resembles a landscape. Inside the triangle, there are white spaces that create the impression of figures or objects. Below the triangle, there is text that reads, "Power cries: build arches to attack your inside." The image has a border with some text and numbers indicating it's part of a limited series.

Exhibitions

Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love

Oct 11, 2007–Feb 3, 2008

Kara Walker
32 works in the collection

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