Photo: Maxwell Attenborough
Photo: Maxwell Attenborough
Photo: Maxwell Attenborough
Nicola Turner British, b. 1967
Hidden Mother, 2026
Wood, steel, wool, dyed wool and net
236 x 117 x 70 cm
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Title reference: Hidden mother photography is a genre of photography common in the Victorian era in which young children were photographed with their mother present but hidden in the photograph...
Title reference: Hidden mother photography is a genre of photography common in the Victorian era in which young children were photographed with their mother present but hidden in the photograph
Incorporating light or dark wool, netted and teetering on tailor’s shears and tripods, Turner's freestanding sculptures have a powerful yet elegant presence. As Hettie Judah describes, they “offset their earthy, bestial nature by deploying a veneer of delicacy”, referencing in their titles ideas around female desire, bodily shame and emotional secrecy.
