Artist: Carrie Mae Weems (USA). Untitled (woman with daughter and makeup) (1990). From The Kitchen Table Series (1990). Platinum print. 15 x 15 in.

PRIMARY MATERIALS FOR November 7

View the photograph: Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (woman and daughter with makeup)

Download a high-quality reproduction of this photograph from the collections webpage of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

View the entirety of The Kitchen Table Series (images complete with text) on the collections website of the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C.

View another photograph by Weems that is similar to this one, but that was not included in The Kitchen Table Series on the collections website of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY (Complete BEFORE you come to class):

Research and curate a selection of 5 photographs by Carrie Mae Weems/another Black and/or feminist practitioner whose work in some way engages with questions of race and gender; bring in to share.

As part of your curated image collection, write and bring in a short paragraph (approx. 150-200 words) explaining why you chose the photographs you did. Your reasons may be connected with any aspect of the photograph/s.

Intertexts/dialogues:

Deborah Willis (photographer)

Ming Smith (photographer)

Dawoud Bey (photographer)

Adrian Piper (conceptual artist)

Glenn Ligon (conceptual artist)

LaToya Ruby Frazier (photographer and activist)

Deana Lawson (photographer)

Moyra Davey (photographer)

Sally Mann (photographer)

Jo Spence (photographer)

Wendy Red Star (photographer and artist)

Tyler Mitchell (photographer)