Spring has arrived, and to celebrate we want to offer our online followers a great deal on signed copies of Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies. Usually $75, the book is now just $50 (a savings of 33%!). If you order now, we will also give you a FREE Contact Sheet Subscription (a value of $40!). Order in the next two weeks to take advantage of this offer.

About the book:

Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies represents a comprehensive look at the artist’s career over the past thirty years. As Carrie Mae Weems describes, “During the past twenty-five years, I have worked toward developing a complex body of art that has at various times employed photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and, most recently, video. My work has led me to investigate family relationships, gender roles, the histories of racism, sexism, class, and various political systems. Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to sing for my supper, to make art, beautiful and powerful, that adds and reveals; to beautify the mess of a messy world, to heal the sick and feed the helpless; to shout bravely from the roof-tops and storm barricaded doors and voice the specifics of our historic moment.” The book includes essays by Elvira Dyangani Ose, Annie E. Coombes, and Greg Tate.

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Dan Wetmore, Best of Show, 2012 Light Work Student Invitational

Congratulations to those students selected to be exhibited in the 2012 Light Work Student Invitational, as juried by Jörg Colberg (Publisher/Editor, Conscientious):

Martin Biando, Marielle Brown, Lena Budd, Julia Ferrier, Amy Francisco, Andrew Frost, Erin Geideman, Lana Hijazi, Robert Hopkins, Benjamin Jackson, Lauren Jones, Stephanie Keefe, Sarah Kinslow, Joe Lingeman, Alexandra Marino, Sarah O’Connell, Fernando Perez, Gabriela Perez, Matthew Pevear, Alice Plati, Nick Pray, Teddi Raifaisen, Casey Rosen, Jessica Scarfo, Deanna Smith, Alyssa Stone, Chris Trigaux, and Dan Wetmore.

Best of Show: Dan Wetmore
Honorable Mentions: Julia Ferrier, Erin Geidman, Fernando Perez, and Alice Plati

View selected work from the exhibition and read Jörg Colberg’s statement online here.

Be sure to stop by Light Work to see the full selection of images!

2012 Light Work Student Invitational
March 19 – May 31, 2012
Reception: Tuesday, March 27, 5-7pm
Light Work Hallway LCD Screen
Robert B. Menchel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY

Contact Sheet 165, featuring Jen Davis and Amy Elkins, is available through Light Work now. Subscribers should have already received their catalogue. Contact Sheet 165 showcases the work of both artists in a unique dos-à-dos binding (more accurately called tête-bêche). One side of the catalogue features the cover for Jen Davis and a portfolio of images from her Self-Portraits series. Flip the book around and the other side features a cover for Amy Elkins and a portfolio of images from her Elegant Violence series. This catalogue includes essays by Hannah Frieser and Shane Lavalette.

Not a subscriber yet? See our online store for multiple subscription levels, starting from a free limited trial subscription to print collector levels. The catalogue is also available for individual sale ($12).