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Photographed in 1990, the pioneering Kitchen Table Series captures the layered complexities of a woman's life – lover, mother, friend, and self – illuminated by a single overhead lamp.There was something very important about using my own skin and body to work through these difficult issues around notions of family, monogamy, relationships, blackness, and how it could all be negotiated within a political and social context.
Carrie Mae Weems
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Explore the depth and impact of Carrie Mae Weems’s groundbreaking career through four powerful life lessons drawn from her art and legacy.
