A photograph of Obama behind a podium hangs below the image of a glaring white cross, aflame. Black-and-white figures taper down the wall unceremoniously, but beautifully balanced amid scuffs and marks. This is a photograph of the artist Kara Walker’s studio wall, and she’s showing us the process by which her latest controversy was created.
Lucy McKeon
Lucy McKeon is a New York–based freelance writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Guernica, The Paris Review, Salon and elsewhere.