Kara Walker

This is my favourite Tapestry from the exhibition. It is by Kara Walker called A Warm Summer Evening in 1863 1.75x2.5m Wool Tapestry and hand cut felt silhouette figure, 2008. "her tapestry is based on an engraving first published in a newspaper, it shows rioters burning and looting an orpahanage for coloured children in New York" (demons,yarns & tales 2008, p18