Image

Kara Walker

Wait

Description

Maker

Kara Walker (American, b. 1969 in Stockton, CA), (RISD MFA 1994, Printmaking)

Title

Wait

Year

1993

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed/AP

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Phil Siebert Alumni Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2006.47.1

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 14: Shadows

The RISD Museum’s fourteenth issue of Manual shines a light on the shadow, centering the black body as a site of possibility, liberatory self-awareness, radical non-conformity, and joyful defiance. This issue serves as a companion to the exhibition Defying the Shadow.

Manual 14: Shadows opens with an excerpt on the shadow from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, followed by an introduction by Dr. Anita N. Bateman, who elucidates: “Operating in the shadow comes with a legacy of resistance, both in spiritual and ideological forms.”

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Kara Walker (American, b. 1969 in Stockton, CA)
Wait, 1993
Photo-etching on paper
Image: 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches)
Phil Siebert Alumni Acquisition Fund 2006.47.1

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