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Tangible/Intangible
Maternity, Motherhood & Choices
Artist: Marianella Braithwaite, MCA Candidate, Faculty of Creative Arts
27 April 2006 to 11 May 2006
Opened 27 April 2007 at 12:30pm
Tangible/ Intangible is a confronting and provocative exhibition where the visual representation of themes of pregnancy and motherhood are tested. Within it, the cultural emotive side of pregnancy is explored and questions the maternal role due to the castration complex, as well as, it gives space to the opinion of the woman of our time.
Maternity, motherhood and choices are explored in a stimulating and exciting new exhibit featured in the FCA Gallery, Faculty of Creative Arts.
In this tantalising display, artist Marianella Braithwaite explores the roles of women as daughters, wives, mothers and individuals through the controversial themes of maternity, motherhood, abortion and women’s liberation.
The exhibit evolves in a multitude of mediums and embarks on its challenging journey with elegance and beauty. It incorporates sculpture and installations presenting innovative works in fabric, clay, terracotta, bronze and metal.
Marianella Braithwaite, originally from Chile, first came to Australia in 1988 when she was invited to exhibit her artwork by David Jones stores in Sydney.
She migrated with her family shortly after her first exhibition saying she “…fell in love with the country and its people”. She was a practising artist in Chile, has also studied in Spain and since arriving Australia has attained a Degree as in Visual Arts, majoring in sculpture, from the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong. In 2006 she concludes her Masters Degree.
Her work embraces her life experiences and rich history of cultural diversity and personal growth. “Tangible/Intangible is a confronting and provocative exhibition where the visual representation of themes of pregnancy and motherhood are tested. Within it, the cultural emotive side of pregnancy is explored which questions the maternal role due to the castration complex,” says Marianella “ as well as giving space to the opinions of women of our time.”
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