Mother's Milk
Mother's Milk
Artist
Loie Hollowell
(born 1983)
Date2018
MediumOil, acrylic medium, sawdust, and high-density foam on linen mounted on panel
Dimensions48 × 36 × 3 in. (121.9 × 91.4 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2019.1
Signedverso, u.r., in black marker: Loie Hollowell / 2018
Accession number
2019.1
On View
Not on viewLabel TextUsing strong colors, varied texture, and elaborately built-up surfaces upon which to paint, Loie Hollowell creates a visual language somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Appearing at first glance to be strictly abstract, closer inspection of the painting reveals that the form on the left is a distinguishable breast emitting a vibrant orange color. Often incorporating her body engaged in an intimate or sexual act in her work, Mother’s Milk differs by exploring the artist’s experience of pregnancy. Hollowell created a series of works around themes of motherhood and reproduction, seeing her body as a space of creation and sustenance.
Inscribedverso, u.l., in black marker: "Mother's Milk" / "Mother's Milk"
