Kara Walker

" ...calling to me from the angry surface of some grey and threatening sea. I was transported."

2007

Four illuminated silhouette projections on a dark gallery wall show profiles and a figure in reeds.
Four illuminated silhouette projections on a dark gallery wall show profiles and a figure in reeds.

Kara Walker, " ...calling to me from the angry surface of some grey and threatening sea. I was transported.", 2007. Five-channel video installation, color, sound, 11 min. looped. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Joint purchase with the Hammer Museum, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2010.17. © 2005 Kara Walker

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Date
2007

Classification
Installations

Medium
Five-channel video installation, color, sound, 11 min. looped

Accession number
2010.17

Edition
1/3 | 1 AP

Credit line
Joint purchase with the Hammer Museum, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 2005 Kara Walker

API
artworks/30846




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