6/23/2023 0 Comments Carrie mae weems art![]() ![]() I honestly don’t remember what Henk’s and my disagreement was about, but I do remember the passionate exchange about art and its impact on society, a kind of exchange that was one of the cornerstones of our friendship, re-enacted over and over again. The Portland Art Museum had shown a retrospective of the artist and I had been invited to give a lecture on her work from the perspective of a social scientist, tackling the implications of art addressing racism in direct and indirect ways. He was tired after laughing at the memory, prompted by my day’s visit to the Getty, of a heated argument about the art of Carrie Mae Weems over a decade ago. Our last phone call, two days before his death, lasted but three minutes before he handed the phone over to his beloved wife Jody. ![]() ![]() Today’s musings are dedicated to my friend Henk Pander, who died last Friday. ![]()
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