"I use a lot of repetition. And it becomes a filmic way of talking because as you put the same image after the other, even though it’s the exact identical image, everyone sees something changing from one image to the next."
"From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried" (1995)
"From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried," 1995
Selections from set of 30 C-prints with sandblasted text on glass, dimensions variable
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Selections from set of 30 C-prints with sandblasted text on glass, dimensions variable
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
"I’ve done several projects that looked at issues of appropriation and I’ve always thought that it was a legitimate use of material, though I can certainly understand that artists would be upset about that. So I’ve had to negotiate for the use of material. I’ve had controversies around my work, always, and I think it’s actually really important."
-Carrie Mae Weems
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