In partnership with Cardiff Metropolitan University, Artes Mundi presents the fourth instalment of our At the table series with artist Carrie Mae Weems.

The At the table series brings together the voices of the six Artes Mundi 9 shortlisted artists alongside those of international curators, artists, historians, thinkers and writers in a series of roundtable discussions centred on themes and ideas present in their work and the interwoven relationship between histories and practices, locally to internationally. The fourth of six events in the At the table series presents artist Carrie Mae Weems in conversation with artist and professor Sonia Boyce OBE RA; Thomas J. Lax, Curator of Media and Performance at MoMA (NY); artist, writer and curator Umulkhayr Mohamed; and artist, stylist and Founder of DOCKS Magazine, Nicole Ready. Imagining we are sat around a table sharing a meal and exchanging ideas, this event is a chance to hear different concerns and perspectives while getting to know the artist and their work.

Carrie Mae Weems

Through photography, performance and video, Carrie Mae Weems has created a complex body of art that investigates family relationships, gender roles, racism, classism, and politics. Although Weems addresses a wide array of issues, in all the work her overarching commitment is to help us better understand our present moment by examining our collective past. Weems, a MacArthur grant recipient, is represented in public and private collections around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at major national and international museums including the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Solomon Guggenheim Museum.

Sonia Boyce OBE

Sonia Boyce OBE RA came to prominence in the early 1980s with paintings that spoke about race and gender in Britain. Since then, Boyce’s practice has taken a more multi-media and improvisational turn by bringing people together in a social practice that encourages others to speak, sing or move in relation to the past and the present. Between 2012-2017, she was Professor of Fine Art at Middlesex University and since 2014 she has been Professor of Black Art & Design at the University of the Arts London, where she holds the inaugural Chair in Black Art & Design. In 2019, Boyce was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, for her services to art. Sonia Boyce will represent the UK at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia with a major new exhibition for the British Pavilion in 2022.

Thomas J. Lax

Thomas J. Lax is Curator of Media and Performance at MoMA (NY) where they are currently preparing the exhibition Just Above Midtown: 1974 to the Present with Linda Goode Bryant. They have also worked with colleagues across MoMA on a major rehang of the museum’s collection and organized Unfinished Conversations. Previously, they worked at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Lax is on the board of Danspace Project and the Jerome Foundation and teaches at Wesleyan University’s Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance. They are on the advisory committees of organizations including Contemporary And, The Laundromat Project, Participant Inc., and Recess Assembly.

Umulkhayr Mohamed

Umulkhayr Mohamed is a Welsh Somali artist, writer and curator, currently working at National Museum Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru). She is the curation lead of Lates: PITCH BLACK, a collaboration between AC-National Museum Cardiff and Artes Mundi, which is a multi-artform celebration of Blackness as boundless and infinite. Her artistic practice is invested in forgoing hierarchies in search of solidarity and liberation. Mohamed is part of British Art Network's Emerging Curators Group, and a member of Black Curators Collective. She is currently undertaking a Masters at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Global Creative Industries.

Nicole Ready

Nicole Ready is an artist, producer, and founder of DOCKS Magazine: an annual publication exploring Black and POC culture in Wales. She recently graduated from the University of South Wales with a BA in Fashion Promotion. Nicole is currently an Engagement Producer working with Artes Mundi, a National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru) Producer, and a part of the SSAP (Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel) Emerging Futures: Days Ahead Project. Nicole was featured on BBC Wales Online discussing the Black Lives Matter Movement, and was a guest panel member at the Privilege cafe.

Presented with Cardiff Metropolitan University.

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Mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd, mae Artes Mundi yn cyflwyno pumed sgwrs Wrth y bwrdd gyda'r artist Carrie Mae Weems.

Mae Wrth y bwrdd yn dwyn ynghyd leisiau'r chwe artist ar restr fer Artes Mundi 9 ochr yn ochr â lleisiau curaduron, artistiaid, haneswyr, meddylwyr ac awduron rhyngwladol mewn cyfres o drafodaethau bord gron sy'n canolbwyntio ar themâu a syniadau sy'n bresennol yn eu gwaith a'r berthynas gydblethedig rhwng hanesion ac arferion, o'r lleol i'r rhyngwladol.

Mae'r olaf ond un o chwe digwyddiad Wrth y bwrdd yn cyflwyno'r artist Carrie Mae Weems mewn sgwrs gyda'r artist a'r athro Sonia Boyce, OBE; Thomas J. Lax, Curadur y Cyfryngau a Pherfformiad yn MoMA (Efrog Newydd); yr artist, awdur a'r curadur Umulkhayr Mohamed; a'r artist, steilydd a Sylfaenydd DOCKS Magazine, Nicole Ready. Gan ddychmygu ein bod yn eistedd o amgylch bwrdd yn rhannu pryd o fwyd ac yn cyfnewid syniadau, mae'r digwyddiad hwn yn gyfle i glywed gwahanol bryderon a safbwyntiau wrth ddod i adnabod yr artist a'i waith.

Drwy ffotograffiaeth, perfformiad a fideo, mae Carrie Mae Weems wedi creu corff cymhleth o gelf sy'n ymchwilio i berthynas pobl mewn teuluoedd, rolau rhyw, hiliaeth, gwahaniaethu ar sail dosbarth cymdeithasol a gwleidyddiaeth. Er bod Weems yn mynd i'r afael ag amrywiaeth eang o faterion, ei hymrwymiad cyffredinol yn ei holl waith yw ein helpu i ddeall ein heiliad bresennol yn well drwy archwilio ein gorffennol cyfunol. Mae gwaith Weems, derbynnydd grant MacArthur, i'w weld mewn casgliadau cyhoeddus a phreifat ledled y byd gan gynnwys y Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; a'r Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Mae wedi cymryd rhan mewn arddangosfeydd unigol a grŵp niferus mewn amgueddfeydd cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol o bwys gan gynnwys y Whitney Museum, y Museum of Modern Art, a'r Solomon Guggenheim Museum.

Daeth Sonia Boyce OBE RA i amlygrwydd ar ddechrau'r 1980au fel ffigwr allweddol yn sin gelfyddydol Ddu-Brydeinig ffyniannus y cyfnod hwnnw - gan ddod yn un o artistiaid ieuengaf ei chenhedlaeth i gael ei gwaith wedi'i brynu gan y Tate, gyda phaentiadau oedd yn ymdrin â hil a rhyw ym Mhrydain. Ar hyn o bryd mae Boyce yn Athro ym Mhrifysgol y Celfyddydau yn Llundain, lle mae'n dal y Gadair gyntaf mewn Celf a Dylunio Du. Bydd Boyce yn cynrychioli'r DU yn y 59fed Arddangosfa Gelf Ryngwladol La Biennale di Venezia gydag arddangosfa newydd o bwys ar gyfer Pafiliwn Prydain yn 2022.

Thomas J. Lax yw Curadur y Cyfryngau a Pherfformiad yn MoMA (Efrog Newydd) lle mae'n paratoi'r arddangosfa Just Above Midtown: 1974 to the Present gyda Linda Goode Bryant ar hyn o bryd. Bu'n gweithio gyda chydweithwyr ar draws MoMA hefyd ar brosiect mawr yn ail-hongian casgliad yr amgueddfa a bu'n trefnu Unfinished Conversations. Cyn hyn, bu'n gweithio yn y Studio Museum yn Harlem. Mae Lax ar fwrdd Danspace Project a'r Jerome Foundation ac mae'n addysgu yn yr Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance yn y Wesleyan University. Mae ar bwyllgorau cynghori sefydliadau gan gynnwys Contemporary And, The Laundromat Project, Participant Inc., a Recess Assembly.

Mae Umulkhayr Mohamed yn artist, awdur a churadur Somalïaidd Cymreig, sy'n gweithio yn Amgueddfa Cymru ar hyn o bryd. Hi yw arweinydd curadu Lates: PITCH BLACK, cydweithrediad rhwng Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd ac Artes Mundi, sy'n ddathliad aml-gelfyddyd o Dduwch fel rhywbeth di-ben-draw ac anfeidraidd. Mae ei harfer artistig yn ymwneud â chreu hierarchaethau i chwilio am gydsafiad a rhyddhad. Mae Mohamed yn rhan o Grŵp Curaduron Newydd y British Art Network, ac yn aelod o Black Curators Collective. Ar hyn o bryd mae'n gwneud Gradd Meistr mewn Diwydiannau Creadigol Byd-eang yn y School of Oriental and African Studies.

Mae Nicole Ready yn artist, cynhyrchydd a sylfaenydd DOCKS Magazine: cyhoeddiad blynyddol sy'n archwilio diwylliant Pobl Dduon a Phobl Groenliw yng Nghymru. Graddiodd yn ddiweddar o Brifysgol De Cymru gyda BA mewn Hyrwyddo Ffasiwn. Ar hyn o bryd mae Nicole yn Gynhyrchydd Ymgysylltu sy'n gweithio gydag Artes Mundi, Cynhyrchydd yn Amgueddfa Cymru, ac yn rhan o'r prosiect SSAP (Panel Cynghori Is-Sahara) Emerging Futures: Days Ahead. Cafodd Nicole sylw ar BBC Cymru Ar-lein yn trafod Mudiad Mae Bywydau Du o Bwys, ac roedd yn aelod panel gwadd yng nghaffi Privilege.


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