Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems

Birthday: 1953-04-20

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA

Biography: Carrie Mae Weems is considered one of the most important contemporary artists working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video, and is best known for her work in the field of photography. She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project The Kitchen Table Series.

Movies

The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things

A cyclorama installation where artist Carrie Mae Weems addresses conditions of race in the United St...

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Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust Memorial

In this performance for camera, Weems creates a ritual dance through the pillars of Peter Eisenmann’...

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Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art
Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art

In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work, comp...

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Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Black Art: In the Absence of Light

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by ...

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