Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Kara Walker, Camptown Ladies


I love how Walker uses black silhouettes against a white backdrop. The shapes remind me of silhouette puppetry. Her pieces also have a fairy-tale like quality with the profiles of its subjects (often having very pointy noses, fingers and feet). The black and white also offers a sense of anonymity to the subjects. In this piece, a rabbit seems to be shooting a gun, while a man holding a carrot is chasing a woman.

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