Good Mother
2015
25 × 12 cm, molded porcelain The work is based on the title Good Mother, originally a Meissen statue from the 18th century. The name is formulated into the present form of the mother of the 21st century, when a woman is under the pressure of society and should fulfill a certain ideal. The effort to capture the differences of its role in the past and present. Mother today - she has to be multifunctional - besides taking care of children, going to work, she must be a cook, a cleaning lady, a mistress, an office worker, a secretary, ... // Part of the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague Photo: Tereza Konaříková |