Carrie Mae Weems Kitchen Table Series Untitled Woman And Daughter With Makeup 1990

Untitled woman and daughter with makeup from kitchen table series 1990.

Carrie mae weems kitchen table series untitled woman and daughter with makeup 1990. Carrie mae weems was born and raised in portland oregon. Untitled woman and daughter with makeup from kitchen table series. Carrie mae weems s the kitchen table series 1990 is among the most significant photographic achievements in contemporary art. She is known for works that forcefully combine engaging narrative and provocative humor in formally beautiful images.

Untitled from the series kitchen table 1990. Carrie mae weems untitled woman standing alone 1990 gelatin silver print 28 1 4 x 28 1 4 inches framed. She rose to prominence with her kitchen table series in the early 1990s whose photographs depict the artist seated at her kitchen table and examine various tropes and stereotypes of of african american life. This photo is part of weems 1990 kitchen table series depicting the life and relationships of a black woman as centered around her dining table.

Carrie mae weems. 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. The kitchen table series. Things said about the artist.

Carrie mae weems untitled woman and daughter with makeup 1990. Go back to the beginning. 68 5 x 68 5 cm 26 7 8 x 26 7 8 in frame. 71 2 x 71 cm 28 x 27 7 8 in signed dated and numbered 3 5 in pencil on the reverse of the mount.

Untitled woman and daughter with makeup 1990. The kitchen table series 1990. Welcome to the official website of artist carrie mae weems. Courtesy of the artist and jack shainman gallery new york.

Part of a set. 69 2 69 2 cm. Not the artist s life but that of the female subject. See all set records.

Employing visual performance image making and a compelling narrative text the powerful series provides a lens through which to view a woman s life. Gift of the contemporary art council. Carrie mae weems courtesy the artist and jack shainman gallery. Gelatin silver print first in a triptych 27 1 4 x 27 1 4 inches.

Most recently her achievements were recognized with a genius grant from the macarthur foundation. Weems acts as the model for the central figure in the series here shown in the context of her role as a mother. This work is number 3 from the sold out edition of 5 2 ap.