Kara Walker
is most well-known for her use of silhouetting, which was extremely popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Walker's life-size cut outs deal with issues in the south during that time period such as race, gender and sexuality.What is most interesting about Kara's work...
is that she uses overhead projectors to put up a scene of color around these large scale silhouettes, which are directly put on the walls of the gallery. This forces the viewer out of their comfort zone, watching from afar, and into a role in the scene.The scene below is entitled "Insurrection".
* In this scene, a plantation owner propositions a naked slave behind a tree and a woman with a tiny baby on her head escapes a lynching, while a group of people eagerly torture a victim.
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http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/walker/index.html
http://www.moma.org/onlineprojects/conversations/kw_f.html
http://www.broadartfoundation.org/collection/walker.html
http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/moving_pictures/highlights_10a.html
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