One 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 WalkerIf 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 WalkerSilhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings.
Kara WalkerA lot of my work has been about the unexpectedโthat kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time. That kind of dilemmaโthat push and pullโis the underlying turbulence that I bring to each of the pieces that I make.
Kara Walker