Mother

Curated by Chelsea Lehmann and Zoe Freney

‘In her studio, a space for ritual and creation, Alexia Fisher shapes her materials without tools to impart in them the physical and emotional tension carried in her body. This way, she explores the contradictory states of fragility and strength, care and brutality, the temporal and the permanent.

In Self Portrait (Mother, Son, Foetus), these dualities are embodied through the deconstruction of the chair – a symbol of support, comfort and silent protest. The delicate beginnings of clay and cotton are transformed through a negotiation of material, mirroring the protective and expressive roles of motherhood.’