The Republic of New Afrika at a Crossroads

2016
(American, b. 1969)
Overall: 287 x 532.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 209 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); Left: 287 x 264.8 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Right: 287 x 266.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
© Kara Walker
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Location: not on view

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This is part of series inspired by Walker’s 2016 stay in Rome, where she encountered the intersection between her work and Christian narratives.

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This singular drawing is at odds with Walker’s clear cut figurative work, seeking to disrupt legibility with abstraction and ambiguity. Indeed, a tangle of bodies in chaotic motion covers the entire surface of the paper. The black separatist group mentioned in this work’s title sought to create a sovereign country for African Americans within the southern United States. The tumultuous composition raises the question of what the consequences would have been had the utopian plan gained momentum.
The Republic of New Afrika at a Crossroads

The Republic of New Afrika at a Crossroads

2016

Kara Walker

(American, b. 1969)
America

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