Kitchen Table Series
These images often were accompanied by text and audio recordings.
Kitchen table series. Carrie mae weems untitled woman feeding bird the kitchen table series 1990 gelatin silver print printed 2015 27 94 x 27 94 cm carrie mae weems crystal bridges museum of american art. Other articles where the kitchen table series is discussed. Lauren haynes crystal bridges museum of american art and dr. She used for several works the kitchen table series 1990.
It s now finally getting a stand alone copy out at the end of april from. Created 1989 90 the kitchen table series tells a domestic story of relationships between men and women family and friends. Considered to be one of the artist s most important bodies of work carrie mae weems kitchen table series interweaves themes of race class gender friendship love loss power and motherhood. In the kitchen table series carrie mae weems takes these issues on with verve.
The 20 photographs and 14 text panels that make up kitchen table series tell a story of one woman s life as conducted in the intimate setting of her kitchen. The kitchen one of the primary spaces of domesticity and the traditional domain of women. A bottle of whiskey a pair of mostly emptied tumblers a dish of peanuts some discarded shells and a cigarette pack. The kitchen one of the primary spaces of domesticity and the traditional domain of women.
As her work developed she became more explicitly political continuing to explore themes of racism and the african american experience while addressing gender issues and the nature of. These things constellate into a still life lit by the glowing bulb above. Weems has said that the series is a story of the battle around the family between men and women carrie mae weems is the protagonist and the main narrator in this intimate drama set around a kitchen table. The second photograph in the sequence depicts the protagonist drinking and playing cards with a man.
The 20 photographs and 14 text panels that make up kitchen table series tell a story of one woman s life as conducted in the intimate setting of her kitchen. And her kitchen table series has been equally enduring making its way into plenty of books and museums over the years. Carrie mae weems s the kitchen table series 1990 is among the most significant photographic achievements in contemporary art in 20 photographs and 14 text panels weems features herself in carefully staged scenes around the same kitchen table revealing intimate moments of everyday life such as laughing with friends studying alongside her daughter or having a drink with her next. Kitchen table series is the first publication dedicated solely to this early and important body of work by the american artist carrie mae weems.