Re-Naissance by Hettie Judah
Making art and making children is undoubtedly hard work. Trying to make them simultaneously is a daunting challenge. Hettie Judah, who I consider an art historical patron saint of artists/(m)others, illuminates us yet again. Her dynamically engaging online exhibition, hosted by Unit London, runs for the month of July.
Re-Naissance highlights 13 artists who have traversed this exceptionally difficult terrain to produce multi-media reflections on (m)otherhood. Hettie shines a beacon on the impact and import of these works through a multi-variant lens of culture, power and legacy.
I appreciate the powerful quotes shared by women visionaries over the past decades who unabashedly focus on the intersectional layers that form this complex matrix—and who speak truth to the crushing impact of cultural and institutionalized constructs. Any attempt to silo and compartmentalize these realities is an abomination of what it still takes to be both an artist and a (m)other.
Resources
Full, Messy and Beautiful by Hettie Judah
Youtube: Contemporary British Artists on the Challenges of Motherhood
Featured Artists
Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang
Asia Werbel
Elsa James
Emma Franks
Helen Sargeant
Hermione Wiltshire &
Clare Bottomley
Ingrid Berthon-Moine
Jessa Fairbrother
Kinke Kooi
Leni Dothan
Permindar Kaur
Whitney McVeigh
