Ours
13.5 x 11.5 inches
Kara Walker Stockton, California, born 1969
Book of Hours (Self and other), 2021
Graphite, watercolor, gouache, and sumi-e ink on paper, cut paper
Suite of 11, both vertical and horizontal:
15 x 11 1/8 inches (38.1 x 28.3 cm)
11 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches (28.6 x 38.4 cm)
13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (34.3 x 29.2 cm)
14 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (36.8 x 21.6 cm)
11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (28.6 x 19.1 cm)
19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm)
15 x 11 1/8 inches (38.1 x 28.3 cm)
11 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches (28.6 x 38.4 cm)
13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (34.3 x 29.2 cm)
14 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (36.8 x 21.6 cm)
11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (28.6 x 19.1 cm)
19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm)
Kara Walker's Book of Hours series encompasses several suites of works on paper, with the first produced in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. The title of the series bears multiple...
Kara Walker's Book of Hours series encompasses several suites of works on paper, with the first produced in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. The title of the series bears multiple meanings, in reference to the devotional books of the Christian tradition, the near-surreal passage of time amid the pandemic, and the time Walker devoted to the act of drawing itself. In graphite, watercolor, gouache and sumi-e ink, the drawings illuminate the force of entropy of our current moment, and the constant blurring of reality and myth. Yet for Walker, drawing is an act of hope; a dedication of attention, an intimate gesture of making against the constant unmaking of coherency and logic within the world around us.
