The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven

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The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven is a large-scale cut-paper silhouette installation by contemporary artist Kara Walker that critically reimagines themes of race, slavery, and sentimentality drawn from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation ⓘ
contemporary artwork ⓘ
cut-paper silhouette work ⓘ
artForm silhouette ⓘ
wall-sized panorama ⓘ
artisticStyle black-on-white contrast ⓘ
panoramic frieze ⓘ
silhouette figuration ⓘ
basedOn Uncle Tom’s Cabin ⓘ
linked to: Uncle Tom's Cabin
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Kara Walker ⓘ
depicts Eva ⓘ
Uncle Tom ⓘ
characters from Uncle Tom’s Cabin ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
inspiredBy Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin ⓘ
linked to: Uncle Tom's Cabin
intendedEffect critique of sentimental abolitionist imagery ⓘ
provocation of viewer discomfort ⓘ
re-examination of racial narratives in American history ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
mainSubject antebellum American South ⓘ
race ⓘ
sentimentality in literature ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
stereotypes of Black people ⓘ
medium cut-paper silhouettes ⓘ
wall installation ⓘ
movement contemporary art movement ⓘ
narrativeFunction allegorical tableau ⓘ
critical reimagining of Uncle Tom’s Cabin ⓘ
notableFor critical engagement with Uncle Tom’s Cabin ⓘ
large-scale cut-paper silhouettes ⓘ
use of allegory and theatrical tableau ⓘ
partOf Kara Walker’s body of work on race and slavery ⓘ
technique adhesive application to gallery walls ⓘ
cut paper ⓘ
theme gender and race ⓘ
historical memory ⓘ
mythologies of the Old South ⓘ
power and domination ⓘ
racial caricature ⓘ
sentimental depictions of Black suffering ⓘ
violence of slavery ⓘ

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