best they can." Letter campaign In the late 1990s, Saar was a recognizable and vocal critic of artist Kara Walker's work. Kara Walker created artworks that some scholars said exhibited "the psychological dimension of stereotypes and the obscenity of the American racial unconscious". Walker's controversial works included Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart (1994), and The End of Uncle Tom and Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven (1995). The shocking images, her supporters said, challenged racist and stereotypical images of African Americans by offering stark images of the degradation of African Americans. Other critics, such as Saar and Howardena Pindell, disagreed with Walker's approach and believed the artist was reinforcing racism and racist stereotypes of African American life. In an NPR Radio interview, Saar "felt the work of Kara Walker was sort of revolting and negative and a form of betrayal to the slaves, particularly women and children, and that it was basically for the amusement and the investment of the white art establishment". The difference in age between Saar and her contemporaries and Walker can explain the older critics’ reactions to Walker's work. When Walker received the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Genius Award in 1997, Saar wrote letters to people in the art industry, protesting the award and asking, "Are African Americans being betrayed under the guise of art?" Solo exhibitions 1973 California State University, Los Angeles, California. 1975 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York. 1976 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut and Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, New York. 1977 Baun-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. 1979 Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California. 1980 Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York. 1981 Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California and Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, New York. 1982 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California. 1983 Women's Art Movement, Adelaide, Australia and Canberra School of Art, Canberra Connecticut, Australia. 1984 California, Los Angeles, California and Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. 1987 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1988 Taichung Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan. 1989 City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand and Art space, Auckland, New Zealand 1990 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California. 1991 Objects Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. 1992