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 WalkerThe silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that's also what the stereotype does.
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 WalkerIm not really about blackness, per se, but about blackness and whiteness, and what they mean and how they interact with one another and what power is all about.
Kara Walker