Carrie Mae Weems

Born: 1953-04-20

Carrie Mae Weems is considered one of the most important contemporary artists working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video, and is best known for her work in the field of photography. She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project The Kitchen Table Series.


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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

as Self
Released: 2021-02-09

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired...

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Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art

as uncredited
Released: 2012-01-01

In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work,...

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The Shape of Things

as uncredited
Released: 2021-11-30

A cyclorama installation where artist Carrie Mae Weems addresses conditions of race in the...

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Holocaust Memorial

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-01

In this performance for camera, Weems creates a ritual dance through the pillars of Peter...

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