Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love

Walker regulars are likely already familiar with Kara Walker’s work, as she is one of a few artists, including Matthew Barney and Robert Gober, with whom the museum has established an ongoing relationship. Naturally, then, the Walker offers the first full-scale survey of her work, which frequently employs the eighteenth-century art form of black-paper silhouettes to render scenes—horrifying, fantastical, obscene, and often grossly satirical—from American plantation life. A whip-smart “Negress” (as she is wont to call herself) and stellar storyteller, Walker cuts to the complex and confounding heart of American history, race relations, and gender issues without apology. 612-375-7600; www.walkerart.org.com