GODDESSES BY IDA THORHAUGE
Museum for Religious Art, Strandvejen 13, 7620 Lemvig
The exhibition GODDESSES with Ida Thorhauge focuses on motherhood and care in time. Ida Thorhauge draws inspiration from religious iconography and the Madonna and Child – an icon that has been reproduced and interpreted by many artists over time and has dominated much of Western art history and culture as an archetype. Thorhauge consciously works with this tradition and interprets it to fit her own time and self-image.
There are many unspoken ideals and myths associated with motherhood and caring today, and in art history, the vast majority of images of mother and child are painted by men. Thorhauge wants to understand this classic motif and works her way into an iconic universe of mythical character. In her large and expressive paintings, the subject matter is expanded with monstrous nursing paintings and depictions of interspecies caring, offering a new perspective on the diversity and universality of motherhood. The works show how care can transcend between nature, the human and the spiritual.
The exhibition is open June 16 to December 15, Tuesday-Sunday 11-5 pm.
Read more about the exhibition here
Photos: Brian Kure
