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Untitled, 2006

  • Artist

    Carrie Mae Weems

  • Title

    Untitled

  • Date

    2006

  • Medium

    Digital print on Somerset Enhanced Velvet

  • Dimensions

    30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm) Frame: 32 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (82.6 × 57.2 × 3.8 cm)

  • Edition

    Edition 1/50

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee

  • Object Number

    2008.10.7

In the “Museums” series, Carrie Mae Weems, shrouded in black, stands before monumental structures that characterize a variety of leading art institutions in the United States and Western Europe. In Untitled, Weems contrasts her figure with the massive columns framing the British Museum in London. With her back to the camera, the artist questions the power of architecture, ideas of displacement, and, pointedly, the exclusion of artists of African descent from these institutions.


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Artworks

Untitled, 2006

  • Artist

    Carrie Mae Weems

  • Title

    Untitled

  • Date

    2006

  • Medium

    Digital print on Somerset Enhanced Velvet

  • Dimensions

    30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm) Frame: 32 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (82.6 × 57.2 × 3.8 cm)

  • Edition

    Edition 1/50

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee

  • Object Number

    2008.10.7

In the “Museums” series, Carrie Mae Weems, shrouded in black, stands before monumental structures that characterize a variety of leading art institutions in the United States and Western Europe. In Untitled, Weems contrasts her figure with the massive columns framing the British Museum in London. With her back to the camera, the artist questions the power of architecture, ideas of displacement, and, pointedly, the exclusion of artists of African descent from these institutions.


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