{"product_id":"kara-walker-fortuna-immortality-garden","title":"Kara Walker: Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gorgeously illustrated book documenting acclaimed artist Kara Walker’s major new installation—“a groundbreaking collaboration merging art and technology” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKara Walker is renowned for her bold examinations of the dynamics of power and the exploitation of race and sexuality through her profound work that has appeared in exhibitions around the world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautifully designed book documents the creation of Walker’s major new commission, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2024).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe installation features eight Black automatons, including the seven-foot-tall prophetess, Fortuna, who responds to each visitor with a choreographed routine and a printed fortune fresh from her mouth. Situated in fields of obsidian—a volcanic glass with deep spiritual properties—the other robotic dolls, or Gardeners, rise and fall, gesture, turn, and clamor—trapped in a never-ending cycle of ritual and struggle. Evoking wonder, reflection, respite, and hope, the work explores the memorialization of trauma, the objectives of technology, and the possibilities of transforming the negative energies that plague contemporary society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book presents Walker’s working drawings and paintings, photographs of her creative process with collaborators, and detailed images of the final installation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback, 130 pages, 2024.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.5 x 8.5 in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SFMOMA PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44883028836530,"sku":"978-0691271408","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/8155\/9218\/files\/Kara-Walker-Fortuna-and-the-Immortality-Garden-book-cover_1000x_e3eefff4-394f-4230-b4bf-d4fa315c0870.jpg?v=1731454806","url":"https:\/\/museumstore.sfmoma.org\/es\/products\/kara-walker-fortuna-immortality-garden","provider":"SFMOMA Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}