arena 1 breaking in two: provocative visions of motherhood

ARENA 1
A project of Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310/ 397-7456
www.santamonicaartstudios.com
noon to 6 pm
Tuesday through Saturday
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
BREAKING
IN
TWO:
PROVOCATIVE
VISIONS
OF
MOTHERHOOD
FEBRUARY
11
–
APRIL
14,
2012
Contact
information:
Tel:
310
251
4299,
Bruriaart@roadrunner.com
Curated
by
Bruria
Finkel,
filmed
by
Sabine
Sighicelli
left
to
right:
Alison
Saar,
Tierney
Gearon,
Kim
Abeles,
Michele
Asselin,
Kim
McCarty
BREAKING
IN
TWO
is
the
first
comprehensive
exhibition
of
work
by
women
artists
who
are
mothers
where
the
work
itself
integrates
the
maternal
experience,
the
relationship
to
the
body,
the
child,
the
family,
and
the
society
at
large.
The
exhibition,
which
is
part
of
Pacific
Standard
Time,
will
feature
a
multi‐cultural
group
of
four
generations
of
nationally
and
internationally
recognized
artist‐mothers
selected
to
represent
the
multi‐faceted
and
changing
realities
of
motherhood.
The
exhibition
includes
painting,
drawing,
sculpture,
collage
and
assemblage,
installation,
photography,
film/video,
poetry/writing
and
performance.
Curator
Bruria
Finkel,
herself
an
artist,
asserts
that
“the
subject
of
motherhood
was
taboo
in
the
art
world
in
the
70’s;
women
artists
were
advised
not
to
disclose
their
motherhood
status
for
it
might
interfere
with
their
ability
to
progress
in
the
art
world.”
PARTICIPATING
ARTISTS:
Kim
Abeles,
Lita
Albuquerque,
Eleanor
Antin,
Michele
Asselin,
Jo
Ann
Callis,
Joyce
Dallal,
Bruria
Finkel,
Magaret
Garcia,
Cheri
Gaulke,
Tierney
Gearon,
Judithe
Hernandez,
Channa
Horwitz,
Katherine
Jacobi,
Mary
Kelly,
Margaret
Lazzari,
Andrea
Liss,
M.
A.
M.
A.,
Kim
McCarty,
MaryLinda
Moss,
Mother
Art,
Sandra
Mueller,
Pearls
of
Wisdom:
End
the
Violence,
Renee
Petropoulos,
Astrid
Preston,
Alison
Saar,
Betye
Saar,
Sola
Agustsson
Saar,
Lesley
Saar,
Reva
Santo,
Sylvia
Sher,
Amy
Shimshon‐Santo,
Elena
Mary
Siff,
Doni
Silver
Simons,
Linda
Vallejo,
June
Wayne,
Ruth
Weisberg,
Miriam
Wosk,
Kim
Yasuda,
and
Stella
Zhang.
see
next
page
for
event
schedule
EVENT
SCHEDULE
February
11,
2012
5–6
pm
VIP
opening
6–9
pm
Public
opening
February
26,
2012
12–3
pm
Walk
through
curator
and
artists
March
17,
2012
3–5
pm
Mothers
on
Motherhood:
Dance
and
Spoken
Word
Performance
March
31,
2012
2–5
pm
Panel
discussion,
the
social
and
Esthetic
implications
of
Motherhood
a
scholarly
interaction
April
14,
2012
6–9
pm
Exhibition
closing
celebration