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Author: Kara Walker
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My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
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Kara Walker
The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
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Kara Walker
I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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Kara Walker
I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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Kara Walker
I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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Kara Walker
I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.
I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.
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Kara Walker
Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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Kara Walker
The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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Kara Walker
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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Kara Walker
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