Comment received at Central Goldfields Art Gallery on 12/2
‘(B, B & B) Gave me a feeling of community and how much I love my mother. Saw it as a community piece, not religious. Thought the placemats were wonderful artworks. Didn’t think much of the aprons -more of an older, mum type thing. Anon.
Dear Anonymous,
Thanks for the comments. Glad the exhibition related to your thoughts of community and your mother. I believe most definitely that there is a role for religion to play – apart from community and of course, visa versa. But as religious significance and symbols diminish in our current society, so necessitates the need for new images to convey / construe the spiritual. This is why I look at the community as an indicator of belief. Suggesting ‘community’ is less fraught with preconceived ideas than an attempt to portray ‘religion’….or is it?
Women’s work often goes unnoticed but it joins the generations with a specific lettering of culture. Wearing one’s history – like putting on an apron – is easier and harder than may be realized. But the past can conceal a future bias.