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Kara Walker creates visually beguiling but horrific, over-the-top imagery of unimaginable violence to remind us of the sordid history of racism, sexual oppression, and vioence in America. SIlhouetted figures deployed across a long white sheet evoke shadow plays and the narratives of slavery. Her black silhouettes against white paper, derived from the 19th centure art of paper-cutting, symbolize black and white relations.
Source: News, January February March 2010.
Publisher
Landfall Press, Inc.
DimensionsFrame: 40 × 121 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (101.6 × 308.9 × 5.7 cm)
Sheet (all together): 34 5/8 × 116 5/8 in. (87.9 × 296.2 cm)
Sheet (each): 34 5/8 × 23 1/4 in. (87.9 × 59.1 cm)
Sheet (all together): 34 5/8 × 116 5/8 in. (87.9 × 296.2 cm)
Sheet (each): 34 5/8 × 23 1/4 in. (87.9 × 59.1 cm)
Accession Number 2009.72.a-.e
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