Will Walker
Will Walker
William Walker may refer to:...
cycle dealt family histories hostility inside internal mean oftentimes partly rage
I know that in my family there are histories of violence that are internal family things and that are oftentimes dealt with internally. By internally, I mean inside the family group, but also partly inside ourselves. You know, self-hatred and hostility and rage and this cycle that won't break.
aura grew mythology palpable
I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.
grew work
I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
performing
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.
humor problem satisfied surprise work
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.
heroine situation time unexpected wanting work
A lot of what I was wanting to do in my work and what I have been doing has been about the unexpected... that unexpected situation of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time.
history illusion point simply work
The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
abject paper work
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
early respond stance took work
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
believe people strive though
I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
hated indians sad spaghetti subjected westerns
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!
artwork injury maker promise viewer
The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
open
Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.
roll trust work
I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.