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Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects
Full title: | Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects |
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ISBN: | 9780807172056 |
ISBN 10: | 0807172057 |
Authors: | Weems, Carrie Mae |
Publisher: | LSU Press |
Num. pages: | 56 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2019 |
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Synopsis
This Exhibition Catalogue Features Recent Works By Artist Carrie Mae Weems Included In Lsu Museum Of Art’s Exhibition, Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects. The Exhibition Focuses On The Humanity Denied In Recent Killings Of Black Men, Women, And Children By Police. She Directs Our Attention To The Constructed Nature Of Racial Identity—specifically, Representations That Associate Black Bodies With Criminality. Through A Formal Language Of Blurred Images, Color Blocks, Stated Facts, And Meditative Narration, Weems Directs Our Attention Toward The Repeated Pattern Of Judicial Inaction. In Addition To Full Color Plates Of Photographic And Video Works Included In The Exhibition, The Catalogue Features An Introductory Essay By Curator Courtney Taylor And Transcripts By Carrie Mae Weems From Video And Photographic Works Included In The Exhibition.