“Tutti ci stiamo impegnando per cambiare gli atteggiamenti della gente verso la razza, ma è come tenere in mano un’anguilla”
“Once you open up the Pandora’s box of race and gender… you’re never done”
“I am performing this role of the artist and this role of the ‘negress’ coming into a white-box institution. It’s kind of a self-appointed role: the self-designated negress”
“I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all”
“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
Stockton, Stati Uniti, 1969