First edition of And 22 Million Very Tired and Very Angry People by Carrie Mae Weems. First impression. Medium format softback in near fine condition. Some very minor shelf wear and sunning to the extremities of the covers.

About

The accompanying book to the exhibition of the same name. “Carrie Mae Weems’ installation And 22 Million Very Tired and Very Angry People sets up a visual and textual polyphony in the space of the ten-by-twelve foot gallery, a fugue of dissident positions directed against oppression. Where Weems’ earlier work has dealt specifically with complexities of African-American experience and culture, this new work situates itself in a shared ground of suffering that cuts across racial boundaries: suffering associated with class. By way of evocative, iconic images appearing in a series of photographs, and contending voices materialized as text on banners that, suspended from the ceiling, reach toward the floor, the installation addresses itself to the question of collective action.”