In this episode we learn about the life and work of American artist Carrie Mae Weems. In the first part of the episode, we explore the themes and methods most pertinent to Weems’s oeuvre while in the second part, we discuss The Kitchen Table Series—a seminal work by Weems—and its negotiation of space, power and intimacy.
Connect with Liz at Matter of Art on the podcast website: https://matterofart.crd.co/.
Sources:
Palumbo, Jacqui. “Revisiting Carrie Mae Weems’s Landmark “Kitchen Table Series.”” Artsy, August 19, 2020. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-late-phyllida-barlow-turned-everyday-waste-wondrous-sculptures.
Weems, Carrie Mae. Carrie Mae Weems. Edited by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2021.
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