Weems identified her counterpart in the photograph during a lecture at the National Gallery of Art last year (see video below). His name is Don Washington, her neighbor at the time. There is a bottle of liquor, half full, and a bowl of peanuts. Through her work, Weems tackles a number of complex contemporary issues, demanding reconsideration of predominant narratives throughout our history.The photograph that was auctioned today features Weems sitting at the kitchen table with a man who is smoking. The protagonist, though in many ways seemingly commonplace, is a multifaceted woman encompassing a variety of roles such as lover, parent, friend, and breadwinner. The series, for which Weems herself posed as the main subject, is set at a woman’s kitchen table-a domestic stage-revealing intimate moments of her life as the story unfolds. The Kitchen Table Series (1990), for instance, is one of Weems’ most seminal works, and widely considered one of the most important bodies of contemporary photography. Her work is organized into cohesive bodies that function like chapters in a perpetually unfolding narrative, demonstrating her gift as a storyteller. Over the last 30 years of her prolific career, Weems has been consistently ahead of her time and an ongoing presence in contemporary culture. Activism is central to Weems’ practice, which investigates race, family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Over the course of nearly four decades, Weems has developed a complex body of work employing text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and video, but she is most celebrated as a photographer. 1953 Portland, OR lives and works in Syracuse, NY) is widely renowned as one of the most influential contemporary American artists living today.
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