A Subtlety

Project Added: November 22, 2020
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A small child stands in front of a large white statue of a woman sphinx.

The massive sugar coated sculpture

Image courtesy of Hrag Vartanian and Hyperallergic

Arts-and Intersections:

Art, History & Heritage

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Location:

Brooklyn, New York

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Genre/Discipline:

Visual art

Population Density:

Urban

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Project Website:

https://creativetime.org/projects/karawalker/

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A Subtlety by Kara Walker is a sculpture of a female Sphinx made of sugar inside Brooklyn's former Domino Sugar Factory. The project, also known as the Marvelous Sugar Baby, is an indictment of slavery and unfair work practices related to the sugar trade and also featured sculptures of Black children laboring that were made of molasses and slowly melted over the course of the installation.

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