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Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems is an American contemporary artist renowned for her photographic works. Her practice often explores themes of race, gender, and social identity, using photography, video, and installation art to deliver profound personal and social commentary. more

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“There has to be a song. There are too many dark nights, too many troublesome days, and too many wearisome miles. Somewhere deep in the forgotten corner of one’s heart- there has to be a song. Like a cool, clear drink of water and like the gentle warmth of sunshine, and like the tender love of a child, there has to be a song!”

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“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.”

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“Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to sing for my supper, to make art, beautiful and powerful, that adds and reveals; to beautify the mess of a messy world, to heal the sick and feed the helpless; to shout bravely from the roof-tops and storm barricaded doors and voice the specifics of our historic moment.”

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