(...) Art allows us to navigate the more complicated parts of our lives in a way that is more palpable. We don't go to the movies just to see a movie; we go for the experience. I'm very interested in the experience. Art has saved my life on a regular basis. I wanted to offer that experience to children, to enlist them, to show them the possibilities that are in the arts, to persuade them to pursue it for both their own personal salvation and for changing the way we are understood.
Carrie Mae Weems, is an afro-feminist artist whose work is a vehicle for questioning and denouncing. She addresses issues of racism, domination, identity and gender from a committed point of view.
I got my first camera when I was 21-my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday. But at that point politics was my life, and I viewed the camera as a tool for expressing my political beliefs rather than as an art medium.
Carrie Mae Weems was born in Portland, Oregon in 1953.
Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Determined as ever to enter the picture - both literally and metaphorically - Weems has sustained an ongoing dialogue within contemporary discourse for over thirty years. During this time, Weems has developed a complex body of art employing photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and video. In a New York Times review of her retrospective, Holland Cotter wrote, “Ms. Weems is what she...
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Carrie Mae WeemsScenes & Take (On the Verge), 2016inkjet print on canvas88.9 x 177.8 cm
35 x 70 in
Framing Dimensions: 92.41 x 181.31 x 5 inch -
Carrie Mae WeemsScenes & Take (In Suspended Disbelief), 2016inkjet print on canvas88.9 x 177.8 cm
35 x 70 in
Framing Dimensions: 92.41 x 181.31 x 5 inch -
Carrie Mae WeemsString Theory, 2016inkjet print76.2 x 101.6 cm
30 x 40 in -
Carrie Mae WeemsSplattered I, 2015-2016acrylic paint and ink on canvas152.4 x 213.6775 x 2.8575 cm
60 x 84 1/8 x 1 1/8 in -
Carrie Mae WeemsBlue Notes (Claudia Lennear #1), 2014archival inkjet print with silkscreened color blocks81.2 x 61.6 cm
31 15/16 x 24 4/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 99 x 78.7 x 5 cm -
Carrie Mae WeemsBlue Notes (Monk), 2014archival inkjet print with silkscreened color blocks85.725 x 65.405 cm
33 3/4 x 25 3/4 in
Framing Dimensions: 99.01 x 78.69 x 5 inch -
Carrie Mae WeemsColor Real or Imagine (Dinah Washington), 2014archival inkjet print with silkscreened color blocks91.44 x 106.68 cm
36 x 42 in
Framing Dimensions: 98.74 x 139.06 x 3.81 inch -
Carrie Mae WeemsUntitled (Woman walking with candelabra) from the Louisiana Project, 2003print on canvas152.4 x 213.36 cm
60 x 84 in -
Carrie Mae WeemsA Place for Him, A Place for Her, 1993gelatin silver prints with text panels50.8 x 50.8 cm
20 x 20 in
each panel : 50,8 x 50,8 cm
framed : 53 x 53 x 4,4 cm
each panel : 50,8 x 50,8 cm / framed : 53 x 53 x 4,4 cm
Framing Dimensions: 53 x 53 x 4.4 cm -
Carrie Mae WeemsShe Had Her Keys to the Kingdom, 1993three chromogenic prints with etched glass76.2 x 152.2 cm
30 x 59 14/16 in
left : 76,2 x 38 cm
center : 76,2 x 76,2 cm
right : 76,2 x 38 cm
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Off the Record
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HBO Documentary "Black Art: In the Absence of Light"
HBO 4.2.2021“The American canon is not complete without it.” #BlackArtHBO , a new documentary that illuminates the contributions that Black artists have made to American culture,...Read more
