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- NAME: Kara Walker
- OCCUPATION: Painter
- BIRTH DATE: November 26, 1969 (Age: 43)
- EDUCATION: Atlanta College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Stockton, California
- ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
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Kara Walker is an African-American artist who rose to fame for her use of large paper silhouettes to explore social issues surrounding gender, race and black history.
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In 1997, a group of older African-American artists criticized Walker for using what they considered to be black stereotypes in her art, and even tried to organize a boycott of her work.
In December 2012, the Newark Library in New Jersey covered up a large Walker drawing, part of which depicted a white man holding the head of a naked black women to his groin, after employees and patrons complained about the work. Library officials later uncovered the drawing,
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A longtime resident of New York City, Walker is a professor of visual arts in the MFA program at Columbia University.
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