Kara Walker’s drawings examine race, religion and American historical memory

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Diana Sette reviews The Ecstasy of St. Kara, an exhibition of Kara Walker’s drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Developed after a period working in Rome, the works bring religious imagery into contact with histories of enslavement, racial violence and Black self-determination in the United States. Sette reads their recurring figures and scenes as an examination of martyrdom, oppressive narratives and the possibility of resisting inherited violence.

Summarised from Hyperallergic · Diana Sette. AFROSCOPE Daily has not independently reported this story.