Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Before the Battle by Kara Walker


This piece by Kara Walker is so powerful because of its strong shapes and expressive gestures.  This is due to the artist's use of positive and negative space.  She uses a strong outline to establish a distinction between the subject and the background, an idea we learned this week.  I really like this piece, because it shows so much emotion without giving any detailed facial expressions.

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