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, Jose Rivera, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Salamishah
Tillet, Deborah Willis
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