The New School Since 1919 ~ "I Stand in My Place with My Own Day Here"

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"The glory and plenty of Walker’s work lies in how many verbs she provides for her many subjects. In 'Event Horizon,' they fall, hunker down, grieve, reach out, play, and—perhaps most crucially—protect their mysteries." –Maggie Nelson Kara Walker's 'Event Horizon' (2005) occupies Arnhold Hall's main stairwell leading from the ground-floor lobby to the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center on the second floor. Accentuating the sharply turning stairs, Walker in effect compresses her signature panoramic arrays into a precipitous plunge to the underworld. All images in this series highlighting women's art at The New School are courtesy of the book I Stand in My Place with My Own Day Here: Site-Specific Art at The New School by Silvia Rocciolo, Lydia Matthews, and Eric Stark.

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