Annie Wang (TW)
The Mother as a Creator
29 April 2022 - 22 May 2022
![Image: Annie Wang, [No.2 Pressing the camera shutter together], 2002, from the series [The Mother as a Creator], 2001-ongoing. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HERO-Annie-Wang-No.2-Pressing-the-camera-shutter-together-2002-from-the-series-The-Mother-as-a-Creator-2001-ongoing.-Courtesy-the-artist.-Web-RS-133x200.jpg "HERO Annie Wang, No.2 Pressing the camera shutter together, 2002, from the series The Mother as a Creator, 2001-ongoing. Courtesy the artist. Web RS")
Image: Annie Wang, No.2 Pressing the camera shutter together, 2002, from the series The Mother as a Creator, 2001-ongoing. Courtesy the artist.
Image: Annie Wang, No.2 Pressing the camera shutter together, 2002, from the series The Mother as a Creator, 2001-ongoing. Courtesy the artist.
When
29 April 2022 - 22 May 2022
Region
Parliament Precinct
Venue
Theme
Mortality
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
“Like an artist, the Mother is wise in her creation. The Mother not only creates a life, but also a continuous matrix of experiences between Mother and Child.”
Motherhood is a long-term process full of a myriad of complex feelings, a complexity captured by Taiwanese artist Annie Wang.
In 2001, she took pictures of her pregnant belly signed and dated, the way an artist signs a canvas. One of these images became the start of a project still ongoing. Since that first image, Wang has created a full series of layered photographs of mother and son, her photography upholding motherhood as a creative enterprise.
This presentation includes the premiere of the newest image in the series.
Curated by Photo Australia