Someone Who Inspires Me
Kara Walker came to my attention with her book, Freedom, a Fable, which was in a show at the National Museum for Women in the Arts. I love her work, especially the way it draws on her rich knowledge of art history and African-American history. Her work says something whether you know about art history or African-American history. Her work draws on historical artifacts in squirm-ily uncomfortable ways, but in a way that gets you (at least me) thinking about the world.