Announcing our debut collaboration with @carriemaeweems – a trio of signed limited edition prints based on her seminal Kitchen Table Series. Shot in 1990, the pioneering body of work captures the scope of human reality from one simple domestic space. It marked a pivotal moment in Carrie’s practice — her assertion of voice and vision going on to reshape the cultural canon. “I worked on it constantly, every single day for months and months and months. I knew that I was making images unlike anything I had seen before, but I didn’t know what that would mean. I knew what it meant for me, but I didn’t know what it would mean historically, within the terms of a graphic history.” Each of the three hand-selected works will be available for just 48 hours, starting on 23 July. Link in bio to set a reminder. #carriemaeweems
A wonderful experience at the Artist’s Table in collaboration with @cheftarathomas The food, the designs, the ambience, & all of the incredible people who joined us in celebration ! 🥂
A wonderful experience at the Artist’s Table in collaboration with @cheftarathomas The food, the designs, the ambience, & all of the incredible people who joined us in celebration ! 🥂
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
PREACH – CARRIE MAE WEEMS ON DISPLAY, AT THE GALLERIE D’ITALIA – TORINO. THE HEART OF THE MATTER – “At the heart of the exhibition is Preach… this ambitious and intense installation explores religion and spirituality among African American communities across generations. The series celebrates the profound, passionate, and joyful forms of worship that define Weems’ Black Church experience while simultaneously confronting the violence and oppression that are inseparable from this history. In the new poetic text accompanying the installation, Weems writes: “Through flames and bombs, pray wherever and whenever you can, in ports and cabins, in palaces and basements, in theaters and clubs. From your secret hiding place, you have discovered new forms of worship…”. Using herself as both muse and guide, Weems invites us to join in this spiritual awakening and to condemn the persecution that has turned these sacred spaces into sites of refuge and activism. Preach intertwines early images from Harlem, San Diego, and Sea Island, Georgia, with a vast collection of new works that evoke the transcendental and secular realities of Black religious expression today.”
At the @rijksmuseum with these beautiful young people
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
A spectacular turnout back in March of this year for the convening titled “Monumental Concerns” held at the MoMA. Brilliant artists, thinkers, musicians… Thank you to all who were involved! – “As artists we are all profoundly engaged in our mutual practices, yet the water gathers us into a single pool, thus I invite you to stand on the bridge, as we consider contested sites of memory and monuments. Please join us on March 21, 2025.” —Carrie Mae Weems
Installation at the @fondazioneprada with a vitrine case telling the story of my grandfather, Frank Weems.
