Sunday, June 17, 2007

In Silhouette

























































From Top to Bottom:
Hans Christian Andersen, papercut, 1840s

Two film stills from The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Lotte Reiniger, 1926
(a silhouette film based on 1001 Arabian Nights)


Film still from Testimony, Kara Walker, 2004
Retrospective of Walker's work is touring in 2007-2008.

1 comment:

Carson said...

Hi
I just found your blog via Sahara (sistahcraft).
and I thought I recognised Kara Walker's work.
I saw some of her work here in Sydney at the MCA a while ago.
Thanks for reminding me :)