LA GRANDE MADRE, AN EXHIBITION AT FONDAZIONE NICOLA TRUSSARDI

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A LOOK BACK AT FONDAZIONE NICOLA TRUSSARDI’S « LA GRANDE MADRE » EXHIBITION

La Grande Madre (The Great Mother) took place from August 26 to November 15, 2016 at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi in Milan. 2015 coming to an end, we chose to take a look back at this comprehensive exhibition which gathered over 400 works by 139 international artists with one common thread: the idea of motherhood. Fondazione Nicola Trussardi teamed up with Palazzo Reale as part of ExpoinCittà 2015 to deliver this exhibition on the main floor of Palazzo Reale, curated by Massimiliani Gioni. In 20 rooms covering about 2,000 square meters, The Great Mother showed artworks from various artistic movements within the 20th century, from the avant-garde to nowadays. Louise Bourgeois, Marlene Dumas, Maurizio Cattelan, Keith Edmier, Dorothy Iannone, and Cindy Sherman were some of the artists exhibited, each representing their vision of motherhood, be it thoughtful, raw, conceptual, or subversive. The figure of the mother is a motif that has always had a special place in art history. Venerated, emancipated, sometimes objectified, women – all potential mothers – are the center of this exhibition which retraces the chronicles of their empowerment and struggles. With this exhibition, art becomes the channel through which the exploration of femininity comes to an almost complete, nearly cathartic understanding.

Rediscover the exhibition on www.fondazionenicolatrussardi.com

Oscar Bony, La familia obrera, 1968, Photo Oscar Balducci, Collezione Carola Bony

Maurizio Cattelan, Mother, 1999, Photo Attilio Maranzano, Collezione Domenico Carluccio, Courtesy Archivio Maurizio Cattelan

Kaith Edmier, Beverly Edmier 1967, 1998, Foto Lamay Photo, Collezione Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York

Dorothy Iannone, Suck my breast I am your most beautiful mother, 1970-71, private collection, Milan

Ragnar Kjartansson, Me and My Mother 2010, 2010, Courtesy the artist, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Luring Augustine, New York

Sherrie Levine, Body Mask, 2007, Foto Zeno Zotti, private collection

Anna Marie Maiolino, Por um Fio (serie fotopoemação), Collection Finzi, Bologna, courtesy Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #223, 1990

Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait as My Mother Jean Gregory, 2003, copyright Gillian Wearing, courtesy Maureen Paley, London