![]() ![]() Each work in the series features her in different positions in this bedroom, with accompanying text in which she deliberates how to prepare for critical study. A nude self-portrait of the artist, it shows her standing in a classic contrapposto pose at the foot of an unmade bed, as reflected in the round mirror of a dresser. Not Manet’s Type is a 2001 offset photolithograph reproducing the second installment of a five-part photographic series created in 1997. To complement Past Tense, the Ackland Art Museum will exhibit Weems’ Not Manet’s Type from the museum’s collection, on view March 13 to May 12. When Carolina Performing Arts presents Carrie Mae Weems’s Past Tense on April 19, the audience will see an internationally renowned artist lead a multimedia performance that investigates tensions of race, instances of violence, and demands for justice by combining spoken word, live orchestration, and still and moving images. This is a guest post written by Lauren Turner, Assistant Curator for the Collection at the Ackland Art Museum. ![]()
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