Carrie Mae Weems's German Survey Confronts Racial Violence Through 35 Years of Work

Carrie Mae Weems's first major exhibition in Germany, called 'The Evidence of Things Not Seen,' is currently open at Stuttgart's Württembergischer Kunstverein and will run until July 10. The show features over 30 works created over the past 35 years, highlighting the violence and trauma faced by marginalized groups, especially people of color and women. The title is inspired by James Baldwin's 1985 essay on the Atlanta child murders that occurred between 1979 and 1981. Key series on display include The Jefferson Suite (1999), Constructing History (2008), and The Museums Series (2006–ongoing). Weems also presents From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried (1995–96), which critiques historical portrayals of enslaved Africans, using the color red to symbolize both beauty and violence.