“Babies like Bunnies” ( homage to Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman)
Artist statement:
My soft sculpture is
one of many in the series of vessels all dedicated to the theme of birth and
birth myths. While this topic has emerged from absolute taboo surrounded by
many fantasy tales of the origins of new life ( wives’ tales) more current works include the modern miracle
of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
“Babies like Bunnies” (
homage to Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman) has been created with the story of Nadya
Denise Doud-Suleman , mother of Octuplets via IVF, in mind . The “vessel” sends us into the soft
world of infants and toys, a place where all living creatures are cute and
cuddely. And it asks us to also
contemplate the topic of engineered creation.
The circumstances
of high order multiple birth have led to
controversy in the field of assisted reproductive technology as well as an
investigation by the Medical Board of California of the fertility specialist
involved.
The pink and white soft
fabrics used with Duchampian “found objects” invite the viewer in and the
questions raised in the text and context
of this piece , its title and the topic generates discussion easily taken for
granted as IVF has become a normal aspect of our society in the 21st
century.
Susanne Nielsen biography:
Susanne graduated in
1989 with an MFA degree in Painting from ECU, she is currently completing her
doctoral thesis for the Univerity of Paderborn, Germany, a monograph of the the
life and work of a Cuban exile artist.
Susanne has been teaching visual art, art history and humanities at
universities and museums in the US, she currently resides in Tampa, Florida. In
recent years she has traveled to Bangladesh
and China and her art, mixed media in fabric and painting in two and three
dimensions continues focus on the role of women in traditional societies, her
latest series: Bangladeshi brides.
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