Kara Walker was born in 1969 in Stockton, California, she attended the Atlanta College of Art and pursued a career as an artist that she had wanted since the age of 3 .
Her distinctive artwork creates controversy all around the world as it largely based of slavery during the 17th century, her work has no limits when it comes to the cruelty of slavery as she depicts the graphic nature and events that occured. The use of black silhouettes on white backgrounds also added to emotion and meaning behind the pieces.
I personally find Walkers work very effective and interesting, she really manages to capture the inequality in america during the 17th century and although her work can be very graphic and disturbing she gets her point across to the audience.
We attended a trip to one of Walkers exhibitions which was a great experience, however photography was not allowed so I cannot show photos of her work from the trip.
So here are some other pieces of her work 
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