Carrie Mae Weems

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Sam Pollard

Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."

Afro Chic

Carrie Mae Weems

Afro-Chic explores the construction of identity through the presentation of several women wearing exaggerated Afro hairstyles and sassy attire as they strut down an illuminated runway.

Cornered

Carrie Mae Weems

An installation utilizing two adjoining screens mounted in a corner. On the opposing sides, groups of people protest for and against desegregation during the 1965 Boston riots, the looped news footage slowed to match the tempo of Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” the only sound.

Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art

Muffie Dunn, Edgar Howard

Carrie Mae Weems

In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work, comprised of 17 projects spanning more than two decades (1981-2004). This dynamic presentation was accompanied by slides of the artist's photographs and excerpts from her video art. The result is a chaptered lecture guided by Weems's seductive voice and passionate presence. The viewer is transported into her world as she details what she is trying to uncover, illuminate, investigate and provoke through her lens.

People of a Darker Hue

Carrie Mae Weems

People of a Darker Hue, 2016 Video, 14 minutes, 58 seconds © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

The Madding Crowd

Carrie Mae Weems

James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte

"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.

Surveillance

Carrie Mae Weems

A short film connecting contemporary state surveillance to histories of Black insurgency.