Carrie Mae Weems

This book is published in conjunction with the exhibitions Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now at Barbican, London (2023), and Carrie Mae Weems: The Evidence of Things Not Seen, at Kunstmuseum Basel (2023-2024). 

 

Edited by Florence Ostende, Maja Wismer, Raúl Muñoz de la Vega. Text by Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, DJ Spooky, Theaster Gates, Nona Hendryx, Terence Nance, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

 

Carrie Mae Weems has developed a practice celebrated for her exploration of cultural identity, power dynamics, intimacy and social justice through a body of work that challenges prevailing representations of race, gender and class. Defined by the use of photography, installation, film and performance, her remarkably diverse and radical oeuvre questions dominant ideologies and historical narratives disseminated within mass media. This book brings together a selection of Weems’ own writings, lectures and conversations for the first time, providing her personal insights into themes such as the consequences of power, artistic appropriation and history-making.

 

Published by Hatje Cantz, 2023.

(Currently unavailable for purchase from Gladstone) 

 

Paperback

6.25 x 9 in. / 176 pgs / 60 color

ISBN: 9783775755559