Untitled
Weems, who was trained as a folklorist, documented the remnants of African culture that have been preserved by this geographically isolated and tightly knit community for the last three hundred years. Here, this mattress spring hanging mysteriously in the trees-at first glance a poetic intervention in the landscape-is meant to ensnare evil spirits.
Artwork Details
- Title: Untitled
- Artist: Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953)
- Date: 1992, printed 2000
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 71.1 x 71.8 cm (28 x 28 1/4 in. )
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 2000
- Object Number: 2000.265
- Rights and Reproduction: © Carrie Mae Weems
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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