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Carrie Mae Weems Retrospective Opens at the Guggenheim (Photos)

Looking Back

A new retrospective at the Guggenheim looks back at over 30 years of the photographer's work exploring—and challenging—race, class, and gender issues.

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Published Jan. 30 2014 1:18PM EST

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/140129-carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-gallery-tease_exneed — © Carrie Mae Weems,Carrie Mae Weems

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-afrochic_msv5wh — Afro-Chic, 2010
(c) Carrie Mae Weems; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-coloredpeople_cr3i5p — Untitled (Colored People Grid), 2009–10
(c) Carrie Mae Weems

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-broad-expansive_h253vm — A Broad and Expansive Sky—Ancient Rome (from Roaming), 2006

(c) Carrie Mae Weems

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-dreamingcuba_dueuvi — Listening for the Sounds of Revolution (from Dreaming in Cuba), 2002

(c) Carrie Mae Weems; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-anthropological-debate_dh6gjt — An Anthropological Debate (from From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried), 1995–96

(c) President & Fellows of Harvard College, 1977; (c) MoMA, 2012

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-boxspring_apzfvb — Untitled (Box Spring in Tree) (from Sea Islands Series), 1991–92
(c) Carrie Mae Weems

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-kitchentabledaughter_i3e4l4 — Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Makeup) (from Kitchen Table Series), 1990

(c) Carrie Mae Weems; The Art Institute ofÃÂ Chicago

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-kitchentablemanwoman_clx1vn — Untitled (Man and Mirror) (from Kitchen Table Series), 1990

(c) Carrie Mae Weems; The Art Institute of Chicago

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-blueblackboy_yv6wzh — Blue Black Boy (from Colored People), 1989–90

ÃÂ© Carrie Mae Weems

galleries/2014/01/30/carrie-mae-weems-retrospective-at-the-guggenheim-photos/carrie-mae-weems-guggenheim-familyreunion_noowcu — Family Reunion (from Family Pictures and Stories), 1978–84
(c) Carrie Mae Weems; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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