Kara Walker is an American artist who is apart of the Conceptual Art movement. She creates pieces relating to African American Identity, such as class and gender. The themes portrayed in her paintings include conflict and violence, relating to slavery and pre-Civil War United States as a whole. However, her pieces aren't only nonfictional, since she likes to incorporate fictional aspects based on her imagination of certain historical situations. Walker's work usually consists of black and white silhouettes, that she creates by making a collage of pieces of paper that she cuts out. The lack of complexity in the pieces is intentional, because she uses her work as a metaphor for stereotypes. Her work portrays a bigger meaning, without very little information, just like stereotypes.
A majority of Walker's work is done in New York, despite her origin in California. Her work on racial inequality can be seen around the world, including Paris. In the most recent years, Walker's pieces have been displayed at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. At the museum, over 200 pieces of Walker's were displayed, including paintings and light projections. She also uses the criticism she receives, such as why she is married to a white man, as inspiration for her art.
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