Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems: A Great Turn in the Possible
Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by Fundación MAPFRE in collaboration with Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona and Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, where the exhibition Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence Of Things Not Seen took place from April 2 through July 10, 2022.
This volume, spanning four decades of work, includes Weems’ earliest series, such as Family Pictures and Stories; the legendary Kitchen Table Series; and other critically acclaimed works and series such as Ain’t Jokin’, Colored People, From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, Not Manet’s Type, The Jefferson Suite, Monuments, Roaming, Museums, Constructing History (A Class Ponders the Future), Slow Fade to Black and the Obama Project, among many others.
Contextualizing these pieces are essays by LaCharles Ward and Fred Moten and a chronology by Raul Muñoz. The book also includes a visual essay by Weems that presents a personal selection of her own works from the artist's perspective.
Published by Fundación MAPFRE, 2022.
(Currently unavailable for purchase from Gladstone)
Hardcover
9.5 x 12 in. / 288 pgs / 200 color.
ISBN: 9781636810751