Images: Hermione Wiltshire, ‘Yoga Positions for Birth’, 2008 Digital Print installation. Commissioned by Birth Rites Collection for ‘Birth Rites’ (Manchester Museum, Glasgow Science Gallery), and acquired by the collection.
An exciting exhibition opened 9 March and an important step forward within the collective work on art, mothering and care work. ‘Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood’, curated by Hettie Judah for Hayward Gallery Touring, starting at Arnolfini.
✨ Special congratulations to some artists whom we have supported and collaborated with through conversations, our BRC Summer School and through the commissioning & acquisition of donations over the past 16 years: Leni Dothan, Hermione Wiltshire, Cassie Arnold and Carmen Winant. ✨
The exhibition addresses diverse experiences of motherhood across three themes: Creation, Maintenance and Loss.
Featuring painting, photography, sculpture, sound and film, artists in the exhibition include: Felicity Allen, Janine Antoni, Cassie Arnold, Artists Campaign to Repeal the 8th, Bobby Baker, Clare Bottomley, Elina Brotherus, Lea Cetera, Jai Chuhan, Eileen Cooper, Renee Cox, Dorothy Cross, Rineke Dijkstra, Leni Dothan, Catherine Elwes, Tracey Emin, Jessa Fairbrother, Feministo, VALIE EXPORT, Maeve Gilmore, Anna Grevenitis, Ghislaine Howard, The Hackney Flashers, Camille Henrot, Barbara Hepworth, Susan Hiller, Chantal Joffe, Claudette Johnson, Mary Kelly, Liss LaFleur, Tala Madani, Sally Mann, Wangechi Mutu, Ishbel Myerscough, Everlyn Nicodemus, Catherine Opie, Fani Parali, Celia Paul, Paula Rego, Su Richardson, Jenny Saville, Monica Sjöö, Annegret Soltau, Tabitha Soren, Heather Spears, Hannah Starkey, Emma Talbot, Barbara Walker, Caroline Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Nancy Willis, Hermione Wiltshire, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Christine Voge, Del LaGrace Volcano, Carmen Winant and Billie Zangewa.
The exhibition will be on at various venues throughout 2024 and early 2025. Find out more about the exhibition and where it is touring.