Charlotte Colbert
Mother and Child, 2017
Corten steel and TV screens. Video on a loop
254.9 x 120 x 70 cm
100 2/8 x 47 1/8 x 27 4/8 ins
100 2/8 x 47 1/8 x 27 4/8 ins
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This piece is part of Charlotte Colbert’s new series of Screen Sculptures. It is an Anthropomorphic Corten Steel Sculpture made of screens displaying moving images. “Mother and Child”, displayed at...
This piece is part of Charlotte Colbert’s new series of Screen Sculptures. It is an Anthropomorphic Corten Steel Sculpture made of screens displaying moving images.
“Mother and Child”, displayed at Gazelli Art House as part of Toute Seule, alongside Rachel Whiteread, Nancy Spero, Elizabeth Murray and Rebecca Allen is a piece on breastfeeding. It features Lily Cole and is raises the sensitive subject of breast-feeding in public.
Drawing inspiration from the long tradition of mother and child painting, Colbert reinterprets the imagery in a contemporary way bringing to the fore the sensitive subject of breast-feeding in public. Despite the beauty and benefits of breastfeeding, the act still has a stigma attached to it. Not only are women today still shamed for breastfeeding in public, but many are kicked out of establishments for nursing their child.
“Mother and Child”, displayed at Gazelli Art House as part of Toute Seule, alongside Rachel Whiteread, Nancy Spero, Elizabeth Murray and Rebecca Allen is a piece on breastfeeding. It features Lily Cole and is raises the sensitive subject of breast-feeding in public.
Drawing inspiration from the long tradition of mother and child painting, Colbert reinterprets the imagery in a contemporary way bringing to the fore the sensitive subject of breast-feeding in public. Despite the beauty and benefits of breastfeeding, the act still has a stigma attached to it. Not only are women today still shamed for breastfeeding in public, but many are kicked out of establishments for nursing their child.
