![]() ![]() In Untitled (playing harmonica) Weems holds herself with a striking sense of composure and confidence her face is bathed in bright light. ![]() The Kitchen Table series is about being with (and in) oneself as much as it is about being with another. ![]() Across the kitchen table, a quiet moment of exchange and pleasure is occurring they are sustaining each other. He, on the other hand, has finished his meal – and several drinks. A lobster sits untouched on her plate her glass of wine remains full. In this image, we see Weems in tender reverie, listening to her partner play the harmonica, as the two dine together. It is here, in the most gendered space of the home, that we see Weems perform the moments of joy, doubt, desire, disorder, loss and courage that define the human bonds we create throughout a lifetime. In each image, she is seen at her lamp-lit kitchen table, often accompanied by a rotating cast of family and friends, and sometimes alone. She is a lover, a partner, a mother, a friend, a woman. It is a series in which Weems plays the protagonist. In her widely acclaimed Kitchen Table series, Weems shares an intimate narrative of domestic rituals and relationships. Carrie Mae Weems is both image-maker and storyteller. ![]()
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