Kara Walker At Hammer March 2

KARA WALKER AT HAMMER MARCH 2

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The Hammer Museum will present the exhibition ““Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love” March 2–June 8.

The exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of this African American artist’s career. Walker has risen to international prominence for works that challenge conventional narratives of American history and the antebellum South.

With biting humor, the artist comments on race, slavery and liberation, sexual attraction and exploitation, discrimination and modernity. The Hammer is the only West Coast venue for the show, which originated at the Walker Art Center and has traveled to the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

 It has been curated by Walker Art Center’s Chief Curator and Deputy Director Philippe Vergne. “Kara Walker” is a particularly meaningful exhibition for the Hammer, as Walker was the first artist to be featured in the now-celebrated Hammer Projects series, which offers solo exhibitions to emerging artists.

Hammer Museum is at 10899 Wilshire Boulevard. For information, 310-443-7000 or www.hammer.ucla.edu.