Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) was a powerful, shocking exhibition on its own, but even more when juxtaposed with the evolution of Black Lives Matter. In her lithographs, Walker appropriates original imagery from Harper’s Weekly and creates stereotypical African-American silhouettes to print on top as a firm, inked stamp to remind audiences that there are many suppressed stories waiting to emerge. Though there wasn’t room for her sugar sphinx or molasses sculptures, the three small resin models of black children were a treat for visitors. hccfl.edu/gallery221. —Caitlin Albritton
This article appears in Best of The Bay 2016.
