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I didn't 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 wouldn't walk away; he would giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful

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The story that has interested me is the story of Muck.

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I 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 Walker

Kara Walker

Kara Walker

Born: November 26, 1969 (age 55)

Bio: Kara Elizabeth Walker is an African American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, installation artist and film-maker who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes.

Known for:

A Subtlety (2014)
The Emancipation Approximation (1999)
They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted (Sez One Gal to Another) (2001)

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