Carrie Mae Weems Kitchen Table Series
En 1990 le sexisme devient le point central de lune de ses series les plus connues the kitchen table series 12.
Carrie mae weems kitchen table series. Damiani 2016 cover detail and p. Filmed in her syracuse studio artist carrie mae weems discusses the impetus for her work the kitchen table series 1990 a photographic investigation of a single domestic space in which the artist staged scenes of the battle around the family between women and men friends and lovers parents and children. Weems has said that the series is a story of the battle around the familybetween men and women carrie mae weems is the protagonist and the main narrator in this intimate drama set around a kitchen table.
Courtesy of the artist and jack shainman gallery new york. Go back to the beginning. Carrie mae weems on her series from here i saw what happened and i cried by getty museum.
The kitchen table series 1990. More information and credits. Carrie mae weemsamerican born 1953 untitled from the kitchen table series 1990 gelatin silver print 28 x 28 in.
The theatricality of these imagesthe dramatic lighting of the overhead lamp the symbolic assortment of objects in each frame the expressive poses and the clear progression of the storylinesignals that each image is in fact meticulously crafted rather than candid. The woman looks into her vanity mirror as she applies. Kitchen table series bologna.
Carrie mae weems one of the greats called perhaps our best contemporary photographer someone who creates work that insists on the worth of black womenboth in art and in life in this weekends new york times t magazine the greats issue carrie mae weems is best known for her 1989 90 kitchen table series. Things said about the artist. 75th anniversary acquisition museum purchase.
Catalogue essay i realised at a certain moment that i could not count on white men to construct images of myself that i would find appealing or useful or meaningful or complex carrie mae weems a woman and daughter sit at the kitchen table. A propos de ses series carrie mae weems declare. First exhibited in 1990 the kitchen table series set the stage for future contemporary artists to explore issues of identity.