![]() ![]() ![]() Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, an aim to boost patriotism following decades of war and conflict. Freedom from Want was created in 1942 as a response to President Franklin D. A depiction of the ideal American family and American abundance. In this portrayal of the kitchen table, three generations of a white American family are gathered around a table with a bountiful selection of food. One of the most recognizable images of the kitchen table from 20th century Western visual culture is Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want. ![]() Norman Rockwell Studio Collection/Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust Untitled, from the Kitchen Table Series, 1990-2003Ĭourtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY In this piece, I’d like to further examine her evocation of the kitchen, by placing her series into dialogue with other artists who have focused on the kitchen table in their work. In this series, Weem centers the kitchen as a space straddling the domestic and public sphere and calls into question the social roles associated with the kitchen table. The Kitchen Table Series, first shown in 1990, brought Carrie Mae Weems to the forefront of the contemporary art lexicon with its unflinching, intentionally crafted depictions of its protagonist’s many social roles: mother, lover, intellectual, African American, woman, and friend. ![]() The Kitchen Table: Through the Lens of Carrie Mae Weems and Others ![]()
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