Will Walker
Will Walker
William Walker may refer to:...
bit desire genre guess historical liked maybe paintings pictures point realize renegade slight society sort stories
I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society.
historical history images people
I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
challenge riff truly
To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.
fairy fairytale fantasies fascinated funny histories history morality passes perverse stories tales truth
I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables. There's something interesting and funny and perverse about the way fairytale sometimes passes for history, for truth.
dynamics power
Challenging and highlighting abusive power dynamics in our culture is my goal; replicating them is not.
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.
open
Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.
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.
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!
believe people strive though
I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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.
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.
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.
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.