Fons Americanus

Kara Walker's Fons Americanus. This work (in London's Tate Modern) is inspired by the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace. The memorial was designed in 1901 to honour the achievements of Queen Victoria. Rather than a celebration of the British Empire, Walker’s fountain inverts the usual function of a memorial and questions narratives of power

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