Picturing motherhood now / Emily Liebert and Nadiah Rivera Fellah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liebert, Emily (Curator), author, curator.

Fellah, Nadiah Rivera, author, curator.

Contributor:

Griswold, William, writer of foreword.

Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers in art--Exhibitions.

Mothers in art.

Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

136 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 32 cm

Distribution:

New Haven, CT ; London : distributed by Yale University Press.

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, OH : The Cleveland Museum of Art, [2021]

Summary:

"Picturing Motherhood Now brings together work by a range of contemporary artists who reimagine the possibilities for representing motherhood. Drawing on a range of feminisms, this exhibition catalogue challenges familiar archetypes of motherhood, construing motherhood as a multivalent term. The artists in the catalogue see motherhood as a lens through which to examine contemporary social issues. While focusing on art made in the past two decades, the catalogue also integrates work by significant pioneers, narrating an intergenerational and evolving story. This richly illustrated volume features painting, sculpture, photography, and installations by 30 contemporary artists, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Titus Kaphar, and Aliza Nisenbaum, alongside works by feminist pioneers who inspired them, such as Louise Bourgeois, Alice Neel, and Betye Saar. Scholarly essays examine dimensions of matrilineage and contemporary art, enlarging our understanding of motherhood in today's culture. The catalogue also includes a roundtable conversation among artists and thinkers, animating the themes of the exhibition through a dynamic exchange."--Provided by distributor

Contents:

Director's foreword / William M. Griswold

Reimagining motherhood / Emily Liebert

Beyond mothers and daughters: making, matrilineage, and the stakes of modern motherhood / Nadiah Rivera Fellah

Reexamining the motherhood myth / Laura Wexler

On art, race, and motherhood / Naima J. Keith

Desiring mothers / Rosalyn Deutsche

Mother's laws / Thomas J. Lax

Speaking of motherhood: a roundtable conversation with Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Malik Gaines, Naima J. Keith, Wendy Red Star, and Carmen Winant / moderated by Emily Liebert and Nadiah Rivera Fellah.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Picturing Motherhood Now, October 16, 2021 to March 13, 2022, at the Cleveland Museum of Art."--Title page verso

Artists include: Mequitta Ahuja ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Firelei Báez ; Louise Bourgeois ; Carolina Caycedo ; Andrea Chung ; Zackary Drucker ; LaToya Ruby Frazier ; Aaron Gilbert ; Mona Hatoum ; Titus Kaphar ; Mary Kelly ; M. Carmen Lane ; My Barbarian ; Jordan Nassar ; Alice Neel ; Senga Nengudi ; Aliza Nisenbaum ; Catherine Opie ; Jasmeen Patheja ; Wendy Red Star ; Alison Saar ; Betye Saar ; Anri Sala ; Jacolby Satterwhite ; Patricia Satterwhite ; Zineb Sedira ; Rose B. Simpson ; Kaari Upson ; Carrie Mae Weems ; D'Angleo Lovell Williams ; Carmen Winant.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780300260069

0300260067

OCLC:

1263755557