The Capitoline Wolf
The Capitoline Wolf reflects self-perception from the first year after childbirth.
February 12, 2021
89 x 60 cm, oil on coated paper
The series of portraits observes a perception of post-maternity condition, new parenting, exhaustion, and adds sarcasm about the role of the mother. A figure with stretched breasts, a feeling of emptiness, but at the same time in stockings that show an attempt to keep sexuality and live up to illusory standards of a patriarchal society. I was much inspired by body metamorphosis of Maria Lassnig, as well as by the sculpture by Louise Bourgeois.
This piece is a part of 'All Saints' exhibition (curator: Ilona Olkonen)
