Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Carrasco, Malena

Area of Concentration

Art History

Abstract

For this thesis, I argue that installations made by artist Kara Walker engage the museum space they inhabit to offer a dialogue of institutional critique. Walker is known for her silhouette works, which deal with themes regarding race, gender, and class in a hyperviolent manner. To accomplish this analysis, I look at two major works by Kara Walker which are both installations composed of silhouette figures. I present these works in the context of institutional critique to see the extent to which Walker’s works can be classified in this manner. I close with a recent work by Kara Walker to see how her exhibition strategies have changed.

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