Image: Miranda Forrester, Two Mothers, One Scar, 2023,
Tiwani Contemporary presents artist Miranda Forrester’s first solo exhibition at the gallery’s new location in London’s Cork Street. The show titled ‘Arrival’ focuses on the domestic intimacy of the artists’ relationship and anticipation of her newborn baby and the growth of the Forrester family. The joy of parenthood is met and observed through the challenges the artist faced as being the non-birthing mother and many other questions she raised during her journey.
The artist ushers you through a visual and diaristic encounter with her annotations and gives insights into her experience of the path to parenthood while being in a queer partnership, lived experiences such as observing prejudice from society regarding queer relationships whilst building a family, as well as questions surrounding maternity, nature versus nurture, maternal instincts, and mother-child bonding at birth.
The artist explains her feelings of uncertainty and fear in the immediate post-partum period. In her own words, Forrester describes: ‘After our baby was born, for a short time I felt concerned whether she loved me as much as I loved her. I was very conscious of doing everything possible to bond with her, to make sure she knew I was her mother and that I loved her. In hindsight, these feelings now seem ridiculous, I feel secure in my position. I think being the non-gestational mother comes with its own insecurities at the beginning, mostly I think, not from any true position of insignificance, but a lack of examples and visibility. The artist concludes these feelings in one of her works titled ‘Do You Love Me?, 2023’.
The artist, along with our Curatorial Director Adelaide Bannerman will be hosting a talk at Tiwani Contemporary on Saturday, 25th November, 3pm. No RSVPs necessary.
Miranda Forrester ‘Arrival’ exhibits at Tiwani Contemporary London, 24 Cork Street, London, W1S 3NG from 23rd November 2023 to 6th January 2024. The opening is from 6-8 pm, 23 November
Visit the gallery website for further details.
Image: Miranda Forrester, Two Mothers, One Scar, 2023, Oil and image transfer on canvas, 183 x 142 cm
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