Kara Walker

“The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.”

“As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!”

“I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.”

“There is something very strange and unsettling for me about making a work that doesn't fit with what's the norm or what's acceptable. There's something both liberating about it and challengi...”