"One cuts open the bodies of water animal–each time in the same way– to find out why they died; one writes about how the world is tied together, linked like history and future, made from the same materials; I am also a mother, and go to faraway places and make pictures with my body in ways like and unlike being a mother. I watch other women using their mother bodies, and I film it"
–Patty Chang

Micki Meng Gallery is pleased to present MOTHER AND CHILD a group exhibition featuring artists Priyantha Anusha, Elisheva Biernoff, Anne Buckwalter, Omari Douglin, Laeh Glenn, Sasha Gordon, Jenna Gribbon, Loie Hollowell, Sanya Kantarovsky, Deana Lawson, Tidawhitney Lek, Karyn Lyons, Jesse Mockrin, Rebecca Ness, Catherine Opie, Jiab Prachakul, and Deborah Willis on view at the gallery's Bayview location from October 20, 2021–December 17, 2021.

A publication was released accompanying the exhibition, with essays by Patty Chang, Amanda Hunt, Jenny-Gheith Levy, Mia Locks, and an introduction by Micki Meng.

Image:
Deana Lawson
The Beginning, 2019
Inkjet print, mounted on Sintra
30 × 42 1/4 inches
76.2 × 107.3 cm
Edition 2 of 4