After Manet, from May Days Long Forgotten / Carrie Mae Weems
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.3
- Title
- After Manet, from May Days Long Forgotten
- Artist
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1953
- Medium and Support
- chromogenic color print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 2002
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Dimensions
- 85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm (33 3/4 in. x 33 3/4 in. x 1 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 21st century
- Primary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Primary Object Type
- black and white print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Secondary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph in circular format depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass.
- Subject Matter
- “After Manet” functions as a critique of Edouard Manet’s “Olympia” of 1863 and “Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe” 1862-63 which depict nude women, who are presumably courtesans or prostitutes. Weems feels Manet objectifies these women, portraying them as merely objects of beauty for man’s pleasure, and her work “After Manet” is a careful response, both formally and thematically. In Weems’ work the girls evoke a sense of youthful confidence. Unlike Manet, Weems presents her subject as empowered, visions of freedom and optimism, owned by no one.
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- appropriation
- figures (representations)
- girls
- grass (plant material)
- photographs
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern american styles and periods
- modern north american styles and movements
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2010 x 2016
- File Size
- 557 KB
- Record
- 2004/2.3
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.3/2004_2.3.jpg
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"After Manet, from May Days Long Forgotten; Carrie Mae Weems." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.3/2004_2.3.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.