Kara Walker
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Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kara Walker canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kara Walker Context triple: [Rhode Island School of Design, notableAlumni, Kara Walker]
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A.
Archibald Motley
Archibald Motley was an influential African American painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of Black urban life and culture in early 20th-century America.
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B.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential American artist whose raw, neo-expressionist paintings and graffiti-inspired works made him a central figure in the 1980s New York art scene.
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C.
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her innovative collages and for helping shape the New York School of modern art.
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D.
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist renowned for her provocative text-based installations that address themes of power, violence, and social justice in public spaces.
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E.
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is a British conceptual and video artist known for socially engaged works that explore history, politics, and popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kara Walker Target entity description: Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
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A.
Archibald Motley
Archibald Motley was an influential African American painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of Black urban life and culture in early 20th-century America.
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B.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential American artist whose raw, neo-expressionist paintings and graffiti-inspired works made him a central figure in the 1980s New York art scene.
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C.
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her innovative collages and for helping shape the New York School of modern art.
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D.
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist renowned for her provocative text-based installations that address themes of power, violence, and social justice in public spaces.
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E.
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is a British conceptual and video artist known for socially engaged works that explore history, politics, and popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Master of Fine Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship
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Larry Aldrich Award ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1969-11-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Atlanta College of Art
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Rhode Island School of Design ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University School of the Arts ⓘ |
| familyName | Walker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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drawing ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative art
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political art ⓘ |
| givenName | Kara ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Museum of Modern Art, New York
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linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Kara Walker ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
black cut-paper silhouettes
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exploration of race and racism in the United States ⓘ exploration of the legacy of slavery in the United States ⓘ large-scale installations ⓘ provocative and controversial imagery ⓘ use of antebellum and plantation-era iconography ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby
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Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart ⓘ The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Stockton, California, United States
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linked to:
Stockton
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| theme |
African American history
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American Civil War ⓘ antebellum South ⓘ stereotypes of Blackness in American visual culture ⓘ |
| workFocus |
gender
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power relations ⓘ race ⓘ sexuality ⓘ slavery ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Kara Walker Description of subject: Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
Referenced by (15)
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