The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that's also what the stereotype does.
Kara WalkerI think really the whole problem with racism and its continuing legacy in this country is that we simply love it. Who would we be without the 'struggle?'
Kara WalkerOne of my earliest memories involves sitting on my dadโs lap in his studio in the garage of our house and watching him draw. I remember thinking: โI want to do that, too,โ and I pretty much decided then and there at age 2ยฝ or 3 that I was an artist just like Dad.
Kara WalkerSilhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings.
Kara WalkerI didnโt want a completely passive viewer. Art means too much to me. To be able to articulate something visually is really an important thing. I wanted to make work where the viewer wouldnโt walk away; he would giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful
Kara Walker