Art Salon: “The Impact on the Psyche of Not Belonging: The Recognition and Non-Recognition of Women Artists, Kara Walker”
January 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
— Free
The SPSI Art Salon Committee presents the next installment in our series “The Impact on the Psyche of Not Belonging: The Recognition and Non-Recognition of Women Artists”.
Kara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation. She has gained national and international recognition for her cut-paper silhouettes depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and subjugation. Walker has also used drawing, painting, text, shadow puppetry, film, and sculpture to expose the ongoing psychological injury caused by the tragic legacy of slavery. Her work leads viewers to a critical understanding of the past while also proposing an examination of contemporary racial and gender stereotypes.
Our program will include short films by Kara Walker using her cut-paper silhouettes::
- Six Miles from Springfield on the Franklin Road (2009)
- Lucy of Pulaski (2009)
Dr. Taryn Beard-Killeri will be discussing the films from a psychoanalytic perspective. Dr. Beard-Killeri is a clinical psychologist and a post-didactic candidate at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She has a private practice in Seattle focused on adults and children..
The SPSI Art Salon Committee and its programs which began in 2007, serves as a as a bridge between the institute and the greater Seattle community, by inviting artists to present their work. We explore the interface of art and psychoanalysis as it deepens our understanding of creativity, aesthetics, psychological and artistic processes. In collaboration with the artist, through shared stories, dialogue and discussion, we seek to highlight, to learn and to challenge our beliefs about race, equity, gender, sexuality, and the environment.
