Kara Walker

Kara Walker is best known for her large, wall-sized silhouettes portraying stereotypical imagery of African Americans in the antebellum South. The linear cut-paper silhouette is closely allied with the period of her subject matter, and its black-and-white contrast mirrors the racial issues of her subject. The exquisite detail of this book, printed in an edition of 4000, was made possible through the use of commercial laser-cutting following the artist's design. In addition to using the pop-up format, most typical of a children's book, this page includes a movable lever to birth a string of babies.