Kunsthalle Mannheim

MUTTER!

Ursprung des menschlichen Lebens


“The mother”—very few words and ideas provoke more divergent associations, sentiments, and stereotypical role models. Produced by Kunsthalle Mannheim in cooperation with the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the international exhibition project Mutter! (MOTHER!) illuminates how art—from the Old Masters to the works of the early avant-gardes and contemporary art—reflects changing perceptions of motherhood. Be it the invention of the birth control pill or new visions of the mother’s role between the possibilities of biotechnology and queer family structures: the exhibition examines the image of the mother with a view to cultural expectations and standards. With works by Louise Bourgeois, Candice Breitz, Sophie Calle, Rineke Dijkstra, Tracey Emin, Petrit Halilaj, Peter Hujar, Alice Neel, Yoko Ono, Egon Schiele, VALIE EXPORT, and many more.

The catalogue complements documentation of the exhibition with an exploration of its multifaceted subject through the stories told by mother figures in film and literature and artifacts from the worlds of science and popular culture. With essays by Johan Holten, Marie Laurberg, Neville Rowley, Pia Fris Laneth, and Adam Bencard. 

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