What does it mean to bear witness to history? The artist Carrie Mae Weems has asked this question for decades through photography, video, performance, installation, and social practice. Weems is concerned with the historical complexities of race, gender, class, and identity, offering a powerful and thought-provoking commentary on social injustice and inequality. She has meticulously crafted 47 distinct bodies of photographic work, elegantly presented for your exploration.
Africa
Africa Gems & Jewels
Ain’t Jokin’
All the Boys
American Icons
And 22 Million Very Tired and Angry People
Beacon
Black Love
Blue Notes
Colored People
Constructing History
Dreaming in Cuba
Down Here Below
Dubois
Early Documentary
Essays On Equivalents
Elite Black Women
Embracing Eatonville
Family Pictures and Stories
Framed by Modernism
From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried
Four Women
Holocaust Memorial
Jokers and Performance Gestures
Kitchen Table Series
Mandingo
Mary J. Blige
Mayflowers Long Forgotten
Missing Link
Museums
North Star
Not Manet's Type
Painting the Town
People in Conditions
Ritual and Revolution
Roaming
Scenes and Takes
Sea Islands
S.E. San Diego
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Slave Coast
Slow Fade to Black
The Hampton Project
The Jefferson Suite
The Push The Call The Scream The Dream
The Louisiana Project
Who, What, When, Where