KARA WALKER Narratives of a Negres, First MIT Press Edition 2003, measures 12 x 9 5/8 inches, wear consistent with age and use, A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the work of contemporary artist Kara Walker. Kara Walker (b. 1969) has emerged as one of her generations most important artists. Best known for her provocative black paper cutout silhouettes, she confronts stereotypes, sex, violence, and power relationships through Civil War-era parodies, narratives, and a mastery of craft and installation.This book, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College and the Williams College Museum of Art, presents a comprehensive overview of Walkers work, beginning with her first cut-paper wall installation, Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart (1994). (From MITpress.mit.edu)Books, literature, coffee table looks, literature, adult literature, coffee table literature, Kara Walker, Kara Walker Artist, Kara Walker art, narratives of a negress, African American art, African American literature, 5