Carrie Mae Weems - The Shape of Things Book trudy-perry Gerstley’s work challenges ideas of

Gerstley’s work challenges ideas of purpose

In The Shape of Things she focuses her gaze on what she describes as the circus-like quality of contemporary American political life

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The Maitake Mushroom Vase is unglazed and textured on the outside to show the beauty of the natural clay and glazed on the inside for holding water

Carrie Mae Weems - The Shape of Things Book trudy-perry Gerstley’s work challenges ideas ofForeword by Tom Eccles. Text by Thomas Lax, Huey Copeland. Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Carrie Mae Weems has often confronted the uncomfortable truths of racism and race relations over the course of her nearly 40 year career. In The Shape of Things she focuses her gaze on what she describes as the circus like quality of contemporary American political life. For this new work, Weems created a seven part film projected onto a Cycloramaa panoramic