Pursuit of Freedom

The Nigger Huck Finn Pursues Happiness Beyond the Narrow Constraints of your Overdetermined Thesis on Freedom – Drawn and Quartered by Mister Kara Walkerberry, with Condolences to The Authors

With a title as prickly and unsettling as the imagery it represents, this installation by Kara Walker MFA 94 PT/PR went on view yesterday at Sikkema Jenkins & Co in New York, where it continues through May 22. It’s the first time the 2010 piece – which has been shown in San Francisco and Torino, Italy – is being exhibited in NYC. The installation makes use of Walker’s signature cut paper silhouettes, along with framed gouache and ink on paper pieces.