Kara Walker — Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), 2024 (installation view, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Kara Walker, courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Sprüth Magers; photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio
Walker’s installation at SFMOMA feels like myth turned inside out. Silhouettes, metalwork, and motion tell stories that are both familiar and unsettling. Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine) holds a mirror to power—beautiful, grotesque, and impossible to look away from.
Kara Walker, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), 2024 (installation view, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Kara Walker, courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Sprüth Magers; photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio
