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 history.
Kara WalkerSilhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings.
Kara WalkerI often compare my method of working to that of a well-meaning freed woman in a Northern state who is attempting to delineate the horrors of Southern slavery but with next to no resources, other than some paper and a pen knife and some people she'd like to kill
Kara WalkerThere's no diploma in the world that declares you as an artistโit's not like becoming a doctor. You can declare yourself an artist and then figure out how to be an artist.
Kara Walker