Betye Saar's The Liberation Of Aunt Jemima
Betye Sarr, Michael Ray Charles, Kerry James Marshal, and Kara Walker are all artists who use race and stereotypes as subjects for their art. Although they tend to use similar subjects for their pieces, they have very different techniques, mediums, and forms. Betye Saar uses an art form called assemblage. Assemblage is similar to a collage, but it is three-dimensional. One of her most famous pieces, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, depicts a “mammy” doll holding a shotgun and broom. Behind the doll are syrup labels with Aunt Jemima on them. Michael Ray Charles does colorful paintings of black caricatures. His art has a vintage, distressed look. His pieces Sambo, Uncle Tom, and Aunt Jemima are some of his black caricatures which depict a satirical