This is a project I did for my ART 101 class.

1. ART21 PROJECT
BY ANTHONY BARNES II

2. CARRIE MAE WEEMS: THE KITCHEN TABLE SERIES

3. CARRIE MAE WEEMS: THE KITCHEN TABLE SERIES
• THE PURPOSE OF THE KITCHEN TABLE SERIES WAS TO DEPICT THE MANY SCENARIOS EXPERIENCES
OF NOT ONLY BLACK WOMEN, BUT ALL WOMEN. SOME OF THE PHOTOS PORTRAY ROLES OF
WOMEN SUCH AS MOTHER AND WIFE, WHILE OTHERS SEEM TO SHOW STEREOTYPICAL
HAPPENINGS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. HOWEVER, WEEMS USED THE KITCHEN TABLE AS A SYMBOL TO
REPRESENT THE ENTIRE HOME BECAUSE TO THE HOUSEHOLD SEEMS TO REVOLVE AROUND THIS
SIMPLE PIECE OF FURNITURE. THIS IS NORMALLY WHERE FAMILIES GATHER TO EAT, SOME TIMES
COMMUNICATE EACH OTHER’S STRUGGLES AND HAVE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS.

4. ANTHONY BARNES II: WHAT MEN ARE MADE OF

5. ABIGAIL DEVILLE: INTERSECTION

6. ABIGAIL DEVILLE: INTERSECTION
• THE HOLE FILLED STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, ACCORDING TO
DEVILLE, IS TRYING TO DEPICT A PLACE WHERE TIME AND SPACE CEASE TO ACT AS
INSURMOUNTABLE LIMITS TO HUMAN BEINGS. SHE ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS THE FACT THAT WE
DO NOT KNOW THE PAST OR THE PRESENT IN THEIR ENTIRETIES. WE ONLY HAVE OUR OWN
PERSPECTIVES AND THEY ARE ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE COMPLETE PICTURE.

7. ANTHONY BARNES II: PORTAL TO THE MASTER

8. LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER: UNTITLED

9. LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER: UNTITLED
• LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA. SHE WITNESSED
THE EFFECTS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE COUPLED WITH THE THOSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
THIS PIECE IS AN ACT OF PROTEST AGAINST “LEVI’S” FOR TRYING TO USE THE HISTORY OF
BRADDOCK AS A FOUNDATION TO PUSH THEIR “GO FORTH” CAMPAIGN. THERE WAS ALSO A
POSTER WITH A PICTURE OF A BLACK MAN CARRYING A WHITE BABY. ABOVE HIM IT READ
“EVERYONE’S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.”

10. ANTHONY BARNES II: UNTITLED