Carrie Mae Weems
Not Manet's Type, 2001
Offset photolithograph
40 × 20 inches
Limited Edition Print
Liz Clement Contemporary proudly announces the placement of Carrie Mae Weems’s iconic print “Not Manet’s Type” (2001) in the collection of a prominent Chicago museum. This powerful work is one in a suite of five prints in which Weems uses her nude body to conjure the male gaze and a history of male artists objectifying female models and perpetuating discriminatory ideals of beauty. “Not Manet’s Type” boldly illustrates Weems’s capacity to evoke a multi-layered narrative through humor, vulnerability, irony, and a lucid visual aesthetic.
