“Kara Walker’s silhouettes have played a big role in my work.
When you look back at some of my [paintings] from the past, you can see [similar] black silhouettes,” Uman says.
She’s also inspired by the Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, at whose studio she previously worked.
“He showed me it was OK to make very violent and extreme work.
I had always been trying to refine things, but he showed me that you could make these very crude, brutish paintings,” she says.
Persons:
“ Kara, ”, She’s, Bjarne Melgaard, “
Locations:
” Uman, Norwegian