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Summary Of Silhouette Queen By Kara Walker

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Kara Walker Presents African American Scenes that is overlooked by many. Kara Walker also, adopts the nineteenth-century technique of silhouette cutouts, in which an artist’s makes a likeness of the sitter by tracing the shadow cast from a strong light source. The theme I am visualizing is titled Silhouette Queen by Kara Walker. Walker expresses multiple topics and themes. She is also, most well known for her work with silhouettes, where she has room sized scenes of cut-paper figures exploring America’s tension surrounding race and gender. She uses a traditionally smoky and arranged Victorian medium to express her views on oppression, power, race and gender. Walker sometimes displays work in circular rooms, with the intent of making the observer
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