'The Shape of Things': Carrie Mae Weems at the Park Avenue Armory

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Jennifer Vanasco
WNYC News | Dec 17, 2021

A new installation by renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems called "The Shape of Things"  has taken over the Park Avenue Armory. WNYC’s Jennifer Vanasco says it speaks to our current political moment using technologies popular during the 1860s — because the past, Weems says, is still with us.

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