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CARRIE MAE WEEMS

“It's impossible to change the social without changing the personal - you have to put your money where your mouth is. And if you're not making those challenges at home, it's unlikely you'll make them in a larger setting.”


I also wanted to produce a work that explored the question of grace. And in exploring the question of grace you have to explore the question of humanity.


“I think that still, for the most part, even in 2010, the vast majority of museum shows and gallery shows and gallerists are pretty much dominated by men. So having a sense of what women are up to, for me, frankly, is very, very important.”


“The ideas I'm working with are ideas I'm committed to. I don't know how to soft-shoe them. I don't know how to make them more palpable. I just never knew how to be one of those girls. I wish I knew how to be that sometimes, but I don't know how to be that way.”


CIVIL RIGHTS

“You just have to be calm, settled and get a few pictures. Pictures tell the story and that’s what we were about.”