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They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted (Sez One Gal to Another)
They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted (Sez One Gal to Another) is a 2001 installation artwork by American artist Kara Walker, located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. It consists of paper cutouts forming a strange tableau with the projected image of a steamboat.
Description.
The installation consists of an overhead projector casting the image of steamboat on the gallery wall,
artwork.
Background information.
Walker reappropriates the cut-paper silhouettes crafted by proper ladies in the nineteenth century to create strange tableaux from antebellum romance novels and slave narratives. "They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted" is actually one of her less disturbing works, which can feature images of rape, murder, and torture. Although she has received many letters protesting her use of images conveying negative African American stereotypes, Walker responds that their controversial nature is the very thing that makes them worthy of discussion.