When and Where I Enter, the British Museum
Digital print on Somerset Velvet paper
2007-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Born in Portland, Oregon, Carrie Mae Weems attended the California Institute of the Arts and her MFA from the University of California, San Diego during the early 1980s. In San Diego, she joined a group of political artists working with photography and text, whose works explored issues of race. Weems also developed an interest in folklore and studied the subject from 1984 until 1987 at the University of California, Berkeley. This focus on folklore informs her belief that photography is a form of storytelling, expressing the human condition. Throughout her career, Weems has won numerous awards including the Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy, Rome (2005–06) and an Honorary Doctorate from Smith College, Northampton MA (2011). In 2005, she was awarded the Distinguished Photographer's Award in recognition of her significant contributions to the world of photography. Her work is exhibited widely around the world in solo and group exhibitions and is represented in major public collections. Weems currently lives in New York.
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Explore
- Subjects
- poster (as Subject), topography, townscape/cityscape, man, woman, gallery, museum, column, courtyard, steps, door, window
- Materials & Techniques
- photograph (as object name), digital print
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Details
- Artist
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Carrie Mae Weems (1953 - )
- Title
- When and Where I Enter, the British Museum
- Portfolio Title
- The Rivington Place Portfolio
- Edition
- 16/50
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- Digital print on Somerset Velvet paper
- Dimensions
- height: 76.30 cm, width: 51.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Autograph ABP, October 2007
- Inscription
- below image, c: 16/50 Carrie M. Weems. 2007 ; verso bl: [stamp] / BRODSKY / CENTER 07-330
- Provenance
- Autograph ABP, London
- GAC number
- 18146/6