Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles acquires Kara Walker sculpture made from dissected Confederate monument

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Moca) has acquired Kara Walker’s monumental bronze sculpture Unmanned Drone (2023), made by dissecting and reassembling a decommissioned 1921 Confederate monument of Gen. Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson by sculptor Charles Keck. The original Jackson statue was one of two Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, dismantled after the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. The work is on view at The Brick and at Moca’s Geffen Contemporary as part of the exhibition Monuments (through 3 May 2026), co-curated by Kara Walker, Hamza Walker, and Moca senior curator Bennett Simpson; the acquisition was funded by Beth Swofford via exchange, and was announced with a statement from Moca interim director Ann Goldstein.

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