Seeing the Unspeakable: The Art of Kara Walker
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw • Duke University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0822333968
Seeing the Unspeakable: The Art of Kara Walker
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw • Duke University Press
ISBN-10: 0822333961 · ISBN-13: 978‑0822333968 · 2004 · 1st Edition
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Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw provides a rigorous examination of Kara Walker’s provocative silhouette installations, situating her work within the complex lineage of American visual culture. The text explores how Walker utilizes historical tropes and racial stereotypes to confront the traumatic legacies of slavery and gendered violence in the United States. Through detailed analysis, Shaw illuminates the artist's subversive engagement with the aesthetics of the antebellum South.
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