Kickstarting Sunday with some architectural anthropomorphism à la the inimitable American artist Carrie Mae Weems. According to The Met, this photograph was taken during Weems’ first visit to Africa in 1993. It depicts an ancient building in Djenné, Mali, one of the oldest sub-Saharan cities, where Weems was fascinated to observe that much of the architecture was seemingly gendered in appearance. As conveyed in this refined study, this softly curvaceous structure is distinctly female in shape, an impression enhanced by the fact that it seems to have a tummy button at its centre.
