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Kara Walker Quotes

Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings Picture Quote #1

I 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?’ Picture Quote #1

There was a manifesto in the late 60s/early 70s, and it basically laid out what ‘black art’ was and that it should embrace black history and black culture. There were all these rules - I was shocked, when I found it in a book, that it even existed, that it would demarcate these artists Picture Quote #1

I’m a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film Picture Quote #1

I was making big paintings with mythological themes. When I started painting black figures, the white professors were relieved, and the black students were like, ‘She’s on our side.’ These are the kinds of issues that a white male artist just doesn’t have to deal with Picture Quote #1

I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society Picture Quote #1

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I took a political stance early on, but I don’t think my work is overtly political. I respond to events Picture Quote #1

I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner Picture Quote #1

I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels Picture Quote #1

The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that’s also what the stereotype does Picture Quote #1

Im 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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings (Kara Walker Quotes) I 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 Walker Quotes) There was a manifesto in the late 60s/early 70s, and it basically laid out what ‘black art’ was and that it should embrace black history and black culture. There were all these rules - I was shocked, when I found it in a book, that it even existed, that it would demarcate these artists. (Kara Walker Quotes) I’m a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film (Kara Walker Quotes) I was making big paintings with mythological themes. When I started painting black figures, the white professors were relieved, and the black students were like, ‘She’s on our side.’ These are the kinds of issues that a white male artist just doesn’t have to deal with. (Kara Walker Quotes) I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society. (Kara Walker Quotes) I took a political stance early on, but I don’t think my work is overtly political. I respond to events. (Kara Walker Quotes) I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner. (Kara Walker Quotes) I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels (Kara Walker Quotes) The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that’s also what the stereotype does (Kara Walker Quotes) Im 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 Quotes) 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 Walker Quotes)