Women’s Wednesdays are back this week to celebrate Women’s History Month with another incredible woman who may not be familiar to you.
This week we are honoring visual artist Carrie Mae Weems. Ms. Weems’s work is known for its commentary on family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, and politics. She has won numerous awards and grants which include the MacArthur “Genius” grant and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
One of her most notable works is the “Kitchen Table Series” which is a series of photographs that portray the fictional life and experiences of a woman around a kitchen table, traditionally seen as a woman's space.
David Bonetti of the St. Louis Post Dispatch is quoted as saying, “. . . one of the most honored American artists of her generation. Weems asks inconvenient questions and comes up with unwelcome answers. For that alone, no contemporary artist’s work is more important.”
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Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman with daughter) from the Kitchen Table Series, 1990
