Carrie Mae Weems - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262538598 ISBN 13 : 9780262538596

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2021

Synopsis

Essays and interviews explore the work of Carrie Mae Weems and its place in the history of photography, African American art, and contemporary art.

In this October Files volume, essays and interviews explore the work of the influential American artist Carrie Mae Weems—her invention and originality, the formal dimensions of her practice, and her importance to the history of photography and contemporary art. Since the 1980s, Weems (b. 1953) has challenged the status of the black female body within the complex social fabric of American society. Her photographic work, film, and performance investigate spaces that range from the American kitchen table to the nineteenth-century world of historically black Hampton University to the ancient landscapes of Rome.

These texts consider the underpinnings of photographic history in Weems's work, focusing on such early works as The Kitchen Table series; Weems's engagement with photographic archives, historical spaces, and the conceptual legacy of art history; and the relationship between her work and its institutional venues. The book makes clear not only the importance of Weems's work but also the necessity for an expanded set of concerns in contemporary art—one in which race does not restrict a discussion of aesthetics, as it has in the past, robbing black artists of a full consideration of their work.

Contributors

Dawoud Bey, Jennifer Blessing, Kimberly Juanita Brown, Huey Copeland, Erina Duganne, Kimberly Drew, Coco Fusco, Thelma Golden, Katori Hall, Robin Kelsey, Thomas J. Lax, Sarah Lewis, Jeremy McCarter, Yxta Maya Murray, José Rivera, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Salamishah Tillet, Deborah Willis

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Lewis is Associate Professor of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She is the author of of a forthcoming book on photography, race, and vision within the Black Atlantic and the Black Sea.

Christine Garnier is a PhD candidate in History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262538598
• ISBN 13: 9780262538596
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Lewis Sarah
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