![]() ![]() She creates evocative, potent tableaux and confronts painful histories, institutional power, and social discriminations.” Her body of work has “anticipated salient issues of our time – the struggle for racial equality and human rights – with unflinching visual and ethical force,” the Hasselblad Foundation said in its citation for Weems, adding that “Her artistic practice is inherently activist, poignant, and lyrical. She’s both the protagonist and perpetual observer, “a guide into circumstances seldom seen,” according to Weems. In each elegant black-and-white photo, Weems is the constant as the tableaux is rearranged with a cast of lovers, friends, and family who act upon each other. ![]() The Kitchen Table Series (1990), considered a seminal body of contemporary photography, stars Weems herself and is set at a kitchen table. She has a prolific oeuvre that spans multimedia installation, video, and performance, but she’s most celebrated for her photography, which has a sparse composition that belie complex ruminations on familial and romantic entanglements. Over nearly four decades, Weems has explored the subjectivity of personal and global history through a racial and feminist lens. Carrie Mae Weems Among Artists Added to SFMOMA's Board of Trustees ![]()
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