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
surface form: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Kara Walker
depicts Eva
Uncle Tom
characters from Uncle Tom’s Cabin
genre conceptual art
contemporary art
installation art
inspiredBy Uncle Tom's Cabin
surface form: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 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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Kara Walker notableWork The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven