Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 Exhibition
The new University Art Museum at New Mexico State University is featuring Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 as their inaugural exhibition, on view through August 16, 2020.
This exhibition confronts and challenges historic and contemporary ways mothers and mothering are represented in art and popular culture. Work on view includes video, painting, installation, sculpture, film and photographs. Artists explore themes of empowerment, empathy, intimacy, selflessness, vulnerability, failure, anxiety, and choice within the topic of motherhood.
Artists participating in this exhibition include Tracey Baran, María Berrío, Patty Chang, Lenka Clayton, Amy Cutler, Joey Fauerso, Tierney Gearon, Kate Gilmore, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Las Hermanas Iglesias, Mary Kelly, Justine Kurland, Marilyn Minter, Laurel Nakadate, Hương Ngô & Hồng- Ân Trương, Yoko Ono, Catherine Opie, Laurie Simmons, Wendy Red Star, and Mickalene Thomas.
While the UAM is temporary closed until further notice, they have launched a new series of performative programs associated with Labor, titled ALONE/TOGETHER. Many of these performances developed from existing programming slated to take place during the exhibition, and are streamed online on Saturdays via social media platforms. Check out the archive of previous videos, and the schedule of upcoming performances, via their website here.