A lot of my work has been about the unexpected—that kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time. That kind of dilemma—that push and pull—is the underlying turbulence that I… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
I think really the whole problem with racism and its continuing legacy in this country is that we simply love it. Who would we… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
A lot of my work has been about the unexpected—that kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories involves sitting on my dad’s lap in his studio in the garage of our house and watching him draw.… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
If you're a Black artist, you could paint a wall of smiley faces, and someone will still ask you, 'Why are you so angry?' — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings. — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
There's no diploma in the world that declares you as an artist—it's not like becoming a doctor. You can declare yourself an artist and… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
I often compare my method of working to that of a well-meaning freed woman in a Northern state who is attempting to delineate the… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
Im not really about blackness, per se, but about blackness and whiteness, and what they mean and how they interact with one another and… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that's also what the stereotype does. — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
I don't think that my work is actually effectively dealing with history. I think of my work as subsumed by history or consumed by… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
I didn’t want a completely passive viewer. Art means too much to me. To be able to articulate something visually is really an important… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
Sugar crystallizes something in our American Soul. It is emblematic of all Industrial Processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White Being equated… — Kara Walker Copy Share Image
