#  Carrie Mae Weems: "I once knew a girl" 

 



 ![Carrie Mae Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/coopergallery/files/cmw.jpg)

 

## Fall 2016

  
The Cooper Gallery presented the evocative work of internationally acclaimed photography and video installation artist Carrie Mae Weems, recipient of the 2013 MacArthur “Genius” grant and the 2015 W. E. B. Du Bois Medal. The exhibition highlighted her storytelling tableaux that question our social constructs of power, race, and space and pose a more multi-dimensional concept of humanity. Organized in three parts, Beauty, Legacies, and Landscapes, the installation illuminated our social and aesthetic vistas—both real and imagined—and centered on Weems' stunning expressions of black beauty.

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###    Press  expand\_more  

 

##  Press 

 



  [### Artslant: 'Carrie Mae Weems: I once knew a girl...'

 ](https://www.artslant.com/global/events/show/432330-i-once-knew-a-girl) September 20, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/weems-grace-still-116-450x450.jpg?itok=u4FlzRGQ) 

 



 

 

   [### Artslant: 'Doxology: Dell M. Hamilton's BLUES/BLANK/BLACK'

 ](https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/47138-doxology-dell-m-hamiltons-bluesblankblack) January 07, 2017 

 

   ![I ONCE KNEW A GIRL...](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/20170112121745-Cooper_online_BBB__MelissaBlackall__-36.jpg?itok=zSA9gxVR) 

 



 

 

   [### Bay State Banner: 'The photos of Carrie Mae Weems are on display at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery through Jan. 7'

 ](https://www.baystatebanner.com/2016/10/12/the-photos-of-carrie-mae-weems-are-on-display-at-the-ethelbert-cooper-gallery-through-jan-7/) October 12, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/the-considered-see-bergman.jpg?itok=sDoMW5oY) 

 



 

 

   [### Big Red & Shiny: 'Art and Accountability: Carrie Mae Weems and Dell Hamilton Share Space at Harvard '

 ](http://bigredandshiny.org/30266/art-and-accountability-carrie-mae-weems-and-dell-hamilton-share-space-at-harvard/?mc_cid=05028c42c8&mc_eid=76690d35f1) January 12, 2017 

 

   ![Art and Accountability: Carrie Mae Weems and Dell Hamilton Share Space at Harvard](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/BBB-2-1078x516.jpg?itok=7KltjyfC) 

 



 

 

   [### Big Red & Shiny: 'See It Before It’s Gone: Carrie Mae Weems'

 ](http://bigredandshiny.org/30036/see-it-before-its-gone-carrie-mae-weems/) January 04, 2017 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/the-shape-of-thing-702x336.jpg?itok=UDOhEEDd) 

 



 

 

   [### Big Red & Shiny: 'STAND UP, Silvi Naci in Conversation with Dell M. Hamilton'

 ](http://bigredandshiny.org/30412/stand-up-silvi-naci-in-conversation-with-dell-m-hamilton/) January 18, 2017 

 

   ![Dell M. Hamilton](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/bbb-fivemiles-2-credit-tiph-browne-385x257.jpg?itok=B0tiRG3O) 

 



 

 

   [### Boston Globe: 'Harvard, BU photography exhibits take a deep look at race'

 ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2016/12/01/two-photography-exhibits-take-deep-look-race/PzND3LP5P3Vru6nZg3gj0L/story.html) December 01, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/sshfj3vqfei6niuvyyjnioqpkq.jpg?itok=yWcPgj1A) 

 



 

 

   [### Harvard Gazette: 'Art of the self, but not just'

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/art-of-the-self-but-not-just/) October 12, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/092916_weems_carrie_070main.jpg?itok=bRjLO33Y) 

 



 

 

   [### Harvard Magazine: “Getting Out of the Way of the Work”

 ](https://harvardmagazine.com/2016/10/weems-once-knew-a-girl) October 17, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/hm_10.13.2016_weems_portrait.jpg?itok=L_oJ_zZR) 

 



 

 

   [### Hyperallergic: 'On Election Day, Revisiting Carrie Mae Weems’s Endorsement of Hillary Clinton'

 ](https://hyperallergic.com/336350/on-election-day-revisiting-carrie-mae-weemss-endorsement-of-hillary-clinton/) November 08, 2016 

 

   ![Carrie Mae Weems, “The Power of Your Vote”](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/Photo-One.jpg?itok=7IkC-aEs) 

 



 

 

   [### New York Times: 'In a New Show, Carrie Mae Weems Takes on Hollywood'

 ](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/arts/design/in-a-new-show-carrie-mae-weems-finds-monuments-on-tv.html) October 27, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/28insiderart-superjumbo.jpg?itok=WsYmue7B) 

 



 

 

   [### Wicked Local Cambridge: 'Around Cambridge'

 ](https://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20161110/around-cambridge) November 10, 2016 

 

   ![Weems](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/092916_weems_carrie_070main.jpg?itok=bRjLO33Y)