Blues and Pinks 3

Carrie Mae Weems

2020

Archival inkjet prints

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

One of the most influential artists working today, Carrie Mae Weems (Born 1953 in Portland, OR) draws on photography, installation, text, and video, among other mediums, to investigate history, identity, and power. Through her work, Weems offers incisive critiques with a keen attention to the archive and observational methods, and she has produced numerous series addressing structural injustices and histories that have defined American culture. Weems’s Blues and Pinks works are components of the larger installation The Push, The Call, The Scream, The Dream (2020), which pairs the artist’s own photographs with archival images from th