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Carrie Mae Weems

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Women’s Photography as a Tool of Resistance

Avatar photo by Julia Curl October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

What is a feminist picture? A MoMA exhibition is the latest to attempt to answer this question.

Posted inArt

Carrie Mae Weems Assesses History in Real-Time

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

A tenuous relationship exists in Weems’s work between glamour and guts; yet neither attribute suffers on behalf of the other.

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Carrie Mae Weems’s Visual Response to Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”

Avatar photo by Carrie Mae Weems September 27, 2021September 28, 2021

Weems’s essay is excerpted from Ways of Hearing: Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces.

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The Stunning Scope of Carrie Mae Weems’s Vision

Avatar photo by Allison Conner July 25, 2021July 23, 2021

A new book offers a deep dive into Weems’s influential career.

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Work by Carrie Mae Weems Acquired by National Gallery, Displayed With Memorial to Black Union Soldiers

by Cassie Packard May 19, 2021May 20, 2021

Two panels of Weems’s work feature a photograph of a 19th-century memorial to the soldiers in the 54th Regiment, now on display beside the original sculpture.

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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections

by Stephen Maine November 21, 2020November 20, 2020

“We’re all now isolated in our pods but still very susceptible to the outside noise of the world: I am guilty of this.”

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Carrie Mae Weems Takes Over Lincoln Center to Highlight COVID-19 Impact on Communities of Color

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 15, 2020November 5, 2020

Resist Covid / Take 6! pairs text with iconic photographs by Weems to underscore the importance of preventive measures, dispel myths about the virus, and thank essential workers.

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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections

by Stephen Maine October 10, 2020November 20, 2020

“I can’t return to normal. I can’t watch the same life come back. The reptile must be stopped outright.”

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In Richmond, Tracing the “Great Force” of American Racism

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

Taking a cue from James Baldwin, an exhibition considers the way that American racism moves forward — from the arrival of the first ship carrying enslaved Africans to the insidious ways it has trickled through the capillaries of American culture.

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Carrie Mae Weems Brings Her Interpretation of Antigone to Los Angeles

by Matt Stromberg March 5, 2019March 12, 2019

Using music, spoken word, and video, artist Carrie Mae Weems updates this classic story for a contemporary context in her theatrical production Past Tense.

Artwork credit: Carrie Mae Weems.
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Refrigerated Dreams: A Work in Progress by Nona Hendryx, Carrie Mae Weems, Francesca Harper, and Niegel Smith

by Joe's Pub October 12, 2018

An immersive, multimedia installation and concert that transforms Joe’s Pub into the dinner party of the season.

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Kehinde Wiley’s Pantheon of Black Artists

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

In his new show at Sean Kelly Gallery, the artist has begun to create a register of contemporary black visual artists.

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