Contemporary Art
Schwartz Art Collection
Schwartz Art Collection
Carrie Mae Weems
(American, born 1953)
Untitled (outtake from Kitchen Table Series), 1990/1999
Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (outtake from Kitchen Table Series), 1990/1999, gelatin silver print. 27 1/8 x 27 1/8 in., Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School. Courtesy Carrie Mae Weems and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
The photographs in this series portray a modern black woman—performed by Carrie Mae Weems—at various moments in her life. As curator Kathryn E. Delmez has written, “Although Kitchen Table Series depicts a black subject and is loosely related to her own experiences, Weems strives for it to reflect the experiences of Everywoman and to resonate across racial and class boundaries.”