Kara Walker Safety Curtain Author:Kara Wqalker, Vitus H. Weh, Nancy Spector, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Susanne Neuburger For more than 40 years, the safety curtain of the Vienna Staatsoper has been decorated with a picture of Orpheus and Eurydike. No more. American artist Kara Walker's cut-out relief, combining her recognizable nightmarish blend of racism and violence, art, kitsch, and death, inaugurated the curtain's new status as a temporary exhibition space. — E... more »ssays by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nancy Spector, Susanne Neuburger, Vitus H. Weh. 6.25 x 9 in.