tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30568450.post115619195908101255..comments2012-09-06T04:22:13.132-07:00Comments on Christopheraaron Deanes: Karas Walkering a Thin Line (repost)Reconditehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08260687205549390729noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30568450.post-1157739341027485002006-09-08T11:15:00.000-07:002006-09-08T11:15:00.000-07:00I know that we talk about Kara Walker everytime we...I know that we talk about Kara Walker everytime we get together. I still don't have a solid opinion about her work after all those discussions either.<BR/><BR/>I like it. It's thought provoking and funny and sad and sometimes disgusting to me, especially the sexual images. From our talks, Chris, you informed me of how she didn't really seem to want to discuss her work in a public forum and sort of "played off" the intensity of it and the responsibility issues, in comparison to someone like Betty Sarr. Walker's lack of wanting to discuss her work is her own business, and her flipant comments make me dislike her. Her work stands on it's own, which is good. She might be better off not presenting herself in public...of course she wouldn't get the money either.<BR/><BR/>She is married to a caucasian man and she probably feels uncomfortable talking about it or doesn't care about the racial aspects of her work or perhaps doesn't think it matters what she says or how she lives her personal life...it's about the images that she generates and deposits in society's realm. She is detached after it's made. At least that is my impression so far. It changes all the time.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard her speak in public as you have, so I'm only midly disappointed that she shuns responsibility for racially charged imagery. I totally agree with you that we as African-Americans who are descendents of a hideous practice and have been intrinsically scared in the eurocentric society of AMERICA, will react differently than European-Americans, who carry the burden of being the same "color" as evil monsters who thought up and participated in the money-making atrocity of slavery. Walker does seem in some way to want to make it easier for that segment of the population to consume, however I don't think I have ever seen a white person experience Walker's work with any ease. I don't think that she is desensitizing people.<BR/><BR/>I do get very very confused with the sexual imagery when she treats it humorously. That bothers me and I don't understand it. I don't know if it's because I haven't seen enough of her work to "get it" or whether I just really don't like that aspect of her work. Time will tell.Sonji Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635126749504933011noreply@blogger.com