It happens quickly -- discomfort in a public place -- and it is a very effective element to control, as you will experience with the work of Carrie Mae Weems. Early on in the exhibition at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Weems confronts her audience with her Aint Jokin’ series from 1987-88. Here she combines images and text that project racial stereotyping with works such as "Black Woman with Chicken" [left] and "Black Man Holding Watermelon." In another piece nearby we see a vintagepolitical drawing of Abraham Lincoln looking a bit disheveled, seated in a room filled with props and papers positioned above the question: What Did Lincoln Say After A Drinking Bout?. The answer-box nearby reveals: I Freed The What?. The exposure to this, and other bits of appropriated hurtful humor will surely prompt an uncomfortable feeling in most...
- 10/3/2012
- by ddlombardi
- www.culturecatch.com
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