Accession Number1993/1.115.19
TitleMother's Kisses: AS CHILDHOOD ENDED HE THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT HIS FUTURE LIFE
Artist(s)Dotty AttieArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1982Medium & Supportlithograph on Arches white paperDimensions 6 x 6 in. (15.24 x 15.24 cm);7 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 3/4 in. (18.4 x 18.4 x 1.9 cm);3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (8.9 x 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum PurchaseLabel copyFor more than twenty years Dotty Attie has adapted scenes from famous Old Master paintings, calling attention both to her sources and her reinterpretations. This lithograph culls the figures of Venus and Cupid from Bronzino's mid-16th century painting "The Exposure of Luxury." To this portrayal of incest she juxtaposes a series of details. These present fragments of their bodies, which fetishizes those anatomical parts. These details are interspersed with texts that comment ironically on this perverted mother-child relationship.
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Keywords
American (North American)
Venus
allegory (artistic device)
cupids
feminists (people)
kisses
modern and contemporary art
mothers
nudes
sons (people)
texts (documents)