Kara Walker Analysis

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Kara Walker is known for displaying overhead projectors to display colored lights onto the ceiling, walls, and floor. Her artwork such as the Darkytown Rebellion portrays a pattern of different colors such as red, blue, and green in the back-round. In given terms, the dimensional representational art is defined by Silhouette. Which is a technique that uses dark shapes against a lighter back-round. The artist uses color projections to display abstract shapes. In a way, the light ratio is complementary, such as the red and green. Viewers may notice the artwork displays a horror story, for example, you may notice one of the characters has a severed limb or another character looks as if she is attacking children. Not only is Walker an artist, but she is also an …show more content…

In ways, you would think that she does stay connected to the big idea because she focuses on racism and the inequalities that have occurred in America. Readers may agree with that her ideas are somewhat similar to Faith Ringgold’s big ideals as well. For example, she focuses on racism and slavery within her artwork. Walker’s artwork plays a huge role in the African American society. Her stories are eyeopening for viewers because it displays the brutalities that have occurred in that era.

I find it quite interesting that Walker uses projector lights to create her artwork. Not only does she combine different colors, she incorporates abstract shapes that are used to tell a story. In addition, her artwork portray stories that show viewers how brutal the world is, but at the same time, it attracts the viewers eye to her artwork. I have not seen much artwork that have incorporated a projector into their artwork. However, I do find it quite creative and interesting. The silhouette she uses plays a huge role into her artwork, it is practically deceiving to the

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