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Kara Walker
American
November 26, 1969
Artist
I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.
Kara Walker
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I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.
Kara Walker
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Learned
I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.
Kara Walker
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Know
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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.
Kara Walker
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
Kara Walker
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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.
Kara Walker
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Up
I've seen people glaze over when they're confronted with racism, and there's nothing more, you know, damning and demeaning to having any kind of ideology than people just walking the walk and saying what they're supposed to say and nodding, and nobody feels anything.
Kara Walker
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