Carrie Mae Weems: Untitled (from the Sea Islands series)

This iteration of Viewpoints features a photographic triptych by Carrie Mae Weems (U.S., born 1953) that was sourced from historic ethnographic photographs of a South Carolina slave. Originally used as mechanisms of racial classification and subjugation, Weems’ source images are here turned into an homage that addresses the dehumanizing history carried in the subject’s body and her image.

Exhibition overview from museum website