Presenting the Absent: Representation of Maternal Memory, Embodiment, and Motherhood in My Art

Authors

  • Ruchika Wason Singh College of Art, New Delhi

Abstract

My paper discusses my drawings, paintings, and installations from the first decade of the 2000s, which have grown out of my experience of motherhood as a daughter, being pregnant, and mothering in the postnatal phase. The paper focuses on representation of these experiences in my art making, with specific reference to the nonfigurative expression of my works—that is to say, maternal mothered bodies, including mine, my mother’s, as well as my daughter’s, are absent in my emotive expression.

Author Biography

Ruchika Wason Singh, College of Art, New Delhi

Ruchika Wason Singh holds degrees in BFA in painting (1997) and MFA in painting (1999) from College of Art, New Delhi, India. In 2008 she received a PhD for research on the sociological frameworks in Indian Contemporary Art, as a UGC junior research fellow at the University of Delhi. She is currently associate professor in the Department of Painting, College of Art, New Delhi, India, and is a member of the editorial board for The Journal of Mother Studies.

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How to Cite

Singh, R. W. (2017). Presenting the Absent: Representation of Maternal Memory, Embodiment, and Motherhood in My Art. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, 7(2). Retrieved from https://jarm3.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jarm/article/view/40369