This richly illustrated catalogue celebrates Carrie Mae Weems the 2023 Hasselblad Award winner
by highlighting a number of prominent works including Family Pictures and Stories (1978-84)
Kitchen Table Series (1990) and From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried (1995-96). With an
intersectional approach to history and politics Weems digs deep into photography's multiple
roles in the representation of race gender and class. And even as her works scrutinise the
mechanisms of stereotyping imagery her artistic practice insists on visual complexity as
Louise Wolthers and Dragana Vujanovic Östlind show in their lengthy introduction. In her essay
Elvira Dyangani Ose discusses the meaning of colour in Weem's work and in particular the
relations between colour and race. Text: Elvira Dyangani Ose Louise Wolthers Dragana
Vujanovic Östlind.
