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Fons Americanus

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Kara Walker
In 2019 Walker exhibited Fons Americanus (“Fountain of America”), a commission for Tate Modern in London. Recalling Buckingham Palace’s Victoria Memorial, which celebrates England’s once-expansive empire using traditional allegorical forms, Fons Americanus instead commemorated, albeit sardonically, the victims of the empire. The nearly 43-foot (13-metre) marblelike fountain featured rough-hewn
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In 2019 Walker exhibited Fons Americanus (“Fountain of America”), a commission for Tate Modern in London. Recalling Buckingham Palace’s Victoria Memorial, which celebrates England’s once-expansive empire using traditional allegorical forms, Fons Americanus instead commemorated, albeit sardonically, the victims of the empire. The nearly 43-foot (13-metre) marblelike fountain featured rough-hewn
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