15 Most Famous Artists and Painters Who are Alive Today

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14. Kara Walker

Ms. Walker is an American artist from California. The very first work that got in the public eye was a mural titled Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart. It is almost as big as its title – the dimensions are 3.96 m x 15 m. It was made of paper and shows a number of silhouettes. Her typical topics include issues of race and sex. At present, she’s working on the MFA faculty at Colombia University.

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