"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"Mirror, Mirror" (1987)
"Mirror, Mirror," 1987
Gelatin silver print, 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Gelatin silver print, 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
"Most of the work really is very performative, and that is true almost from the very beginning. I think that recently there was a part of me that for a moment felt frayed and very vulnerable about revealing myself, and also concerned about who would be interested in looking, because I’m making work that I’m hoping other people will look at, that I don’t want people to turn away from. I’m getting older. I think about this question of desirability, of being looked at."
-Carrie Mae Weems
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