A Warm Summer Evening in 1863

: Tapestry
: Textile
: Contemporary Art
: 2008
: Contemporary
: 175.0 x 248.0 cm
: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

In this tapestry, Kara Walker reproduces an etching from an 1863 issue of the newspaper Harper’s Weekly that documents the burning of a “colored orphan asylum.” Infuriated by newly imposed draft requirements during the Civil War, a mob of New Yorkers took to the streets, attacking both black and white innocents. To drive home the emotional reality of this atrocity, Walker superimposed the silhouette of a hanged black woman over this scene, a shocking image that grabs our attention.Walker’s silhouette of the hanged woman is an example of her ongoing interest in the traditional medium of cut-paper silhouettes. Before the widespread popularity of photography in early nineteenth-century America, paper cutouts of profiles served as a popular medium for portraiture. For the artist, this collision of popular prints and cutouts with the more elite tradition of woven tapestries creates tension: “I liked the irony of transferring this lowly craft into a medium once used for kings and princes,” Walker said.

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Harry Walker (1947 –)

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Sjedinjene Američke Države)

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O ovom umjetničkom djelu

Naslov: A Warm Summer Evening in 1863
Umjetnik: Harry Walker
Godina: 2008
Dimenzije originala: 175.0 x 248.0 cm
Format: Landscape
Status autorskih prava: Zaštićeno autorskim pravima
Gdje vidjeti djelo: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Tehnika izrade: Textile
Kontekst korpusa: televisionism and visual culture , social injustice themes
Paleta boja: Neutrals

Osnovne informacije

Dimensions: 175 x 248 cm
Notable elements or techniques: Tapestry, silhouette superimposition
Artistic style: Contemporary, figurative realism
Title: A Warm Summer Evening in 1863