Few artists have confronted our nation's history of slavery and its enduring legacy of racism as powerfully as Kara Walker. The artist -- who was born in Stockton, Calif., grew up in Atlanta and ...

But as Laguna Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Black and White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation” demonstrates, black and white can contain multiplicities.

Kara Walker is a controversial artist known best for her large black-and-white silhouettes that deal with issues of racism, slavery, sex and liberation. She's received plenty of flack for it.