ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
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| Kara Walker, Allegory of the Obama Years by Kara E. Walker (2019). © Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. |
Our entire sector will be harmed by COVID-19, but the gravest harm will be to the
hourly workers at
our museums, and none more than people of color. Recent
research suggests that 55% of those hospitalized will be black compared to 26% of whites. Also, too many of these low-wage workers, who are disproportionately people of color,
do not have sick-leave or insurance. However, there is hope because
arts worker-based relief is being created by local arts advocates. Such Obama-like hope, "
as dark clouds close in," makes
Kara Walker our artist of the week.
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| Artist Kara Walker (b. 1969, California). Image courtesy of Tate Museum. |
NEWS OF 2008-2019 from across the USA, and around the world:
Are you an
artist? Are you a
collector? If you like what you see each week, please invite a friend to subscribe to our periodic
e-newsletter. You can also follow us weekly on
Twitter,
Facebook, or
Soundcloud but only subscribers can vote for the
Alpha Omega Prize. It is our annual recognition each November 1st of one artist's impact on religious dialogue in America.
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| Kara Walker, Barack Obama as “An African” With a Fat Pig (by Kara Walker) (2019). © Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. |
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| Kara Walker's Barack Obama Tormented Saint Anthony Putting Up With the Whole “Birther” Conspiracy (2019). © Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. |
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| Kara Walker, Barack Obama as Othello "The Moor" With the Severed Head of Iago in a New and Revised Ending by Kara E. Walker (2019). © Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. |
