Kara Walker Takes On The British Empire

Sometimes, if you’re a US person and have British friends, the Brits will enjoy talking about how long the US had slavery. An important discussion, no doubt – but guess what? The British aren’t exactly innocent either in the foundation of chattel slavery in the US or in a lot of other horrors of the British Empire. And artist Kara Walker isn’t messing around with her latest work in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. “‘It’s a reversal of the triangle trade, going from America via Africa back to England,’ she said, laughing. ‘Or thinking of it as a different shape — a circle, a cycle.'” – The New York Times