Marvelous Sugar Baby
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Marvelous Sugar Baby is a monumental sugar-coated sphinx sculpture by artist Kara Walker that critiques the history of slavery and the sugar trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marvelous Sugar Baby canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
installation art
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public art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | A Subtlety NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Kara Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement |
African-American art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Creative Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Kara Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDestruction | 2014 ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstExhibition | 2014 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Black female figure
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sphinx ⓘ |
| destroyed | true ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Domino Sugar Refinery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitionType | temporary installation ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ political art ⓘ |
| hasEffect | provoked public debate on slavery and capitalism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
attendant boy sculptures
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molasses-coated child figures ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPerformance | Domino Sugar Refinery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African diaspora
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colonialism ⓘ industrial history ⓘ labor ⓘ racial exploitation ⓘ slavery ⓘ sugar trade ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
molasses
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styrofoam ⓘ sugar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
monumental scale
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site-specific installation in former sugar refinery ⓘ use of sugar as primary material ⓘ |
| purpose |
critique of slavery
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critique of sugar industry ⓘ reflection on race and power ⓘ |
| sponsor | Creative Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
commodification of bodies
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history of sugar production ⓘ sexualization of Black women ⓘ |
| title | A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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