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Kara Walker's "A Subtlety"
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2014
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Podcast episode
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In today's episode, we discuss New York's summer blockbuster exhibition, Kara Walker's A Subtlety. Walker is a prominent but controversial artist who makes art that comments on social problems related to race and gender; this work was the result of an invitation to make a work inside the defunct and soon-to-be-demolished Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and drew tens of thousands of people in two months.
Released:
Aug 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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