Untitled / Kara Walker

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Accession Number
2006/1.152
Title
Untitled
Artist
Kara Walker
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
b. 1969
Object Creation Date
1996-1997
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
New York (state)
New York (county)
Manhattan
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
New York (state)
Creation Place 4
New York (county)
Creation Place 5
Manhattan
Style/Group/Movement
Postmodern
Dimensions
150.81 cm x 212.09 cm x 19.69 cm (59 3/8 in. x 83 1/2 in. x 7 3/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Mixed Media
Primary Object Type
assemblage
Physical Description
A horizontal lighbox enclosed by a wide, black molded frame in which Kara Walker's signature silhouettes are encased in linen and lit from behind. Silhouettes represent four figures: a man and child at viewer's left, two women at right.
Subject Matter
An example of Kara Walker's black cut paper silhouettes, here seen backlit within a large, framed lightbox, that engage viewers in a voyeuristic journey through unspeakable images taken from Walker's take on the Antebellum South. The four central figures, an Anglo American male at left, a child and two females -- all African American -- are engaged in power struggles that evoke both racial domination and struggle as well as sexual engagement and abuse. Visual tension is created by the disparity between the pristinely beautiful silhouettes and the atrocities their interactions represent.
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Image Size
2672 x 1988
File Size
445 KB
Record
2006/1.152
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.152/2006_1.152.jpg

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"Untitled; Kara Walker." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.152/2006_1.152.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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