Kara Walker, Figa, [edited by Karen Marta ; photography, Ari Marcopoulos ; preface by Dakis Joannou ; introduction and text by Kara Walker]
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Label
Kara Walker, Figa, [edited by Karen Marta ; photography, Ari Marcopoulos ; preface by Dakis Joannou ; introduction and text by Kara Walker]
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Kara Walker
Oclc number
1080274192
Responsibility statement
[edited by Karen Marta ; photography, Ari Marcopoulos ; preface by Dakis Joannou ; introduction and text by Kara Walker]
Sub title
Figa
Summary
Kara Walker's 'Figa', a sculpture monumental in both size and symbol, was installed at the Deste Foundation's Hydra Slaughterhouse in 2017. Once a part of Walker's colossal 2014 installation A Subtlety at the Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, Figa is made up of the hand piece from the anamorphic Sphinx that gestures a "fig sign", at once both a symbol of fertility and a "fuck you". In making a return to the site of the Sugar Factory work and the work's progeny in Hydra, this book offers critical insight on A Subtlety and Figa. Through extensive photographic documentation of the installation of the hand sculpture in Hydra by Ari Marcopoulos and seven fables written by Walker illustrating the power of folklore, mythology and black identity across the history of the United States, 'Figa' in book form captures a blockbuster exhibition in two parts
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Figa
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- Catalogues d'exposition
- exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Walker, Kara, 1969-
- Video art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
- Installations (Art) -- 21e siècle -- Expositions
- Installation
- Videokunst
- Walker, Kara Elizabeth -- Exhibitions
- Art vidéo -- 21e siècle -- Expositions
- Installations (Art) -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
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- Catalogues d'exposition
- exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Walker, Kara, 1969-
- Video art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
- Installations (Art) -- 21e siècle -- Expositions
- Installation
- Videokunst
- Walker, Kara Elizabeth -- Exhibitions
- Art vidéo -- 21e siècle -- Expositions
- Installations (Art) -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
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- Editor1
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