Liz Gates
Deconstructing and reimagining symbols of motherhood, the navigation of tension between competing forces anchors my process. Through repetition, rearrangement, and reinvention, I’m exploring the dichotomy between parenthood and individualism, as well as the tension between the need for responsibility and the desire for rebellion.
My practice is a conjuring of the internal processes that are imperative in severing old identities so as to create space for new understandings. The resulting body of work centers around questions of gendered labor, feminist mother identity, and self-manifestation.
Images from Left to Right
From the Crib 1, Embossed sheets + crayon, 2022
From the Crib 2, Embossed sheets + crayon, 2022
Flutter 3, Embossed baby shoes, 2022
The Magpie, Reduction relief print, 2021
I Know in You, silkscreen, 2022 What I meant, Embossed baby Shoes + crayon, 2022