MOTHERS

MOTHERS (solo) - Intoo Gallery & Studios - Perth CBD, Western Australia

JulY 2021

 

MOTHERS was my debut solo exhibition comprising of 18 works on paper + 1 work on canvas.

 

Inspired by gendered expectations imposed on young women in rural communities, my childhood and sense of responsibility to nature, this project argues that imposing paternalistic ideologies upon the cis-female experience and our natural environment subverts both into the pallid and desolately surreal.

 

This collection also critiques the idea that a mother is strictly a cis-woman whom produces and raises children. Instead, I am insisting that collectively, we need to re- envision Mothers as custodians of the vulnerable, of communities and of our habitats.

In a broader sense- I am stating that, in Australia’s Eurocentric, colonialist society, the landscape suffers because we assert ownership over it whenever and wherever our lives overlap with habitat.

 

Each artwork in Mothers is a convergence of anthropomorphic forms and palette, paired with textural details inspired by the forests and wetlands of my local region, Gnowerumbup (35km west-of-Denmark).

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Renegotiating the defined identity and role of Mothers is essential for ameliorating the violently abusive relationship we have with our waterways, our trees, our atmosphere, and our animals.

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