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. Request a digital file from Image Services that is not available through CC0, a detail image, or any image with a color bar. ); Paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in. Please email help.website@clevelandart.org. Sheldon Museum of Art Gallery of Artwork Images Previous Image Next Image Carrie Mae Weems born Portland, OR 1953 Kitchen Table Series Platinum print, 1990; printed 2003 20 × 20 inches University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust, U-5592.20.2010 Museum purchase with funds provided by 2004 Collectors’ Circle, 2004.24.04.91. She finds pleasure, and comfort, with herself. This is the currently selected item. Carrie Mae Weems. Carrie Mae Weems, Kitchen Table Series. Carrie Mae Weems (b. 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. Image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in. "CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. 1953) Untitled (Self-Portrait, Kitchen Table Series) gelatin silver print 28¼ x 28¼ in. Kitchen Table Series is the first publication dedicated solely to this early and important body of work by the American artist Carrie Mae Weems. Carrie reads at the Academy of American Poets along with Meryl Streep, Rosie Perez, Patrick Stewart, Julianna Margulies, Tina Fey. Executed in 1990 and printed in 2003. Each scene in her story takes place at the head of a kitchen table, under the glare of a bright light. The series interrogates and assembles old stereotypes and disassembles them. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 29, 2013). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 29, 2013). Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009). An untitled 2017 photograph from Carrie Mae Weems' "Kitchen Table Series" is among works on view in "Souls of Black Folk" at the Houston Museum of African American Culture June 19-Aug. 29. Kitchen Table Series is the first publication dedicated solely to this early and important body of work by the American artist Carrie Mae Weems. Marlene Dumas, Models. New York, 2014; P.3 Prospect New Orleans, The McKenna Museum, New Orleans, 2014; Color: Real and Imagined, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, 2014; Carrie Mae Weems: The Museum Series, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 2014 “I knew that I was making images unlike anything I had seen before, but I didn’t know what that would mean,” she told, 10 Must-See Shows at Black-Owned Galleries You Can View Online, The Future of Art According to Shirin Neshat. “The Kitchen Table Series depicts the battle around the family . (1984) from the University of California at San Diego, and she studied at the University of California at Berkeley from 1984 to 1987. Lucas Foglia, Jesus, Jose, and Luis Harvesting Turnips and Miner's Lettuce, Heirloom Organic Gardens, California. Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. 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. 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