Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Carrie Mae Weems featuring new work as well as
highlights from several key series in the artist’s four-decade career. The exhibition continues Weems’s long exploration of questions about power, history, and identity. Two new photographs from Weems’s ongoing Museum Series depicting San Francisco’s Legion of Honor will be on view for the first time, shown with other selections from the project. Large-scale photographs from Painting the Town present boarded-up storefronts in Portland, Oregon following protests against the murder of George Floyd. Other works reference earlier moments in the struggle for racial justice, including scenes from Civil Rights protests in the 1960s. On Saturday, January 18, the gallery will host a public reception with the artist from 2-4pm. Weems will speak at FOG: Art + Design on Saturday, January 25, at 5pm, followed by a conversation with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Director Christopher Bedford.