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Kara Walker

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A sculpture inspired by antique dolls and the novel Parable of the Sower, exploring trauma and technology. Figures are trapped in a cycle of ritual, and the piece is set in a field of black obsidian.

Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), 2024 (installation view, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); commissioned by the San Francisco San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Kara Walker, courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Sprüth Magers;

Kara Walker,Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), work in progress, 2023 -2024; © Kara Walker; photo: Ari Marcopoulos, courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Sprüth Magers

Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine) , work in progress, 2023 - 2024; © Kara Walker; photo: Ari Marcopoulos , courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Sprüth Magers

Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), 2024 (installation view, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); commissioned by the San Francisco San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Kara Walker, courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Sprüth Magers;