With 'Labour of Love' Sarah Maple makes an urgent statement about motherhood, unpaid work and the work feminism still has to do.
Sarah has created a new series representing one week of feeds, especially for this exhibition. This series ‘One week' is for sale as individuals pieces. The installation of the first three months remains intact.
In the big 'Labour of Love' installation Maple recorded the number of times her newborn baby was fed over three months - in total 650 times. She then screen printed 650 pictures of herself and her baby and hand finished each one to represent a feed. In each image the baby remains intact but Maple is obscured in a number of ways; from collage to paint to discarded breast pads. Each image moves between gentle, funny, angry and frustrated.
Kate Bryan, Global Curator for Soho House and The Ned:
“Maple is known for work that takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to issues such as feminism, racism, the nature of art and identity politics. 'Labour of Love' is one of her most brilliant projects to date.”