#Biden Awards 20 National Medals of the #Arts, Recipients Include #CarrieMaeWeems, #MarkBradford, & #SpikeLee

#POTUS also awarded National #Humanities Medals

Biden celebrated excellence in the #arts & humanities, awarding the National Medal of the Arts to #VisualArtists Mark Bradford & Carrie Mae Weems, & #filmmaker Spike Lee. The #artists are among 20 recipients POTUS recognized w/the National Medal of the Arts…

#culture #politics #democrats #WhatMatters #USpol
https://www.culturetype.com/2024/10/21/president-biden-will-award-20-national-medals-of-the-arts-recipients-include-carrie-mae-weems-mark-bradford-and-spike-lee/

Carrie Mae Weems in "Compassion" - Season 5 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21:

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, from the "Compassion" episode in Season 5 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.

"Compassion" premiered in October 2009 on PBS.

#CarrieMaeWeems #photography #BlackMastodon #academia #AfricanArt #Blackjoy #BlackHistory #Art #history #compassion #blackfediverse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOUg_65A4s&t=18s

Compelling immersive video art by Carrie Mae Weems at Luma, Arles, France. Until Jan. 2024.

Dans un article du New York Times consacré à sa rétrospective, Holland Cotter écrit : « Madame Weems est ce qu’elle a toujours été, une superbe créatrice d’images et une force morale, concentrée et irrépressible. »

#CarrieMaeWeems #Race #VideoArt #Luma #Arles #FamilyRelations #ArtArles #RacialIdentity #Sexism #VisualArt

Striking show by Carrie Mae Weems:The Shape Of Things at Luma, Arles until Jan. 2024.

Carrie Mae Weems, dont la carrière s’étend sur plus de trente-cinq ans, interroge les relations familiales, les identités raciales et culturelles, le sexisme, les classes sociales, les systèmes politiques, ainsi que les incidences et les disparités des rapports de pouvoir.

#Luma #Arles #LaMécaniqueGénérale #CarrieMaeWeems #Art #VideoArt