BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:581@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250927T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260111T173000 DTSTAMP:20260109T114213Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/acts-of-creation-on-art-and-motherhood -group-exhibition-at SUMMARY:Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood | Group Exhibition at VISUA L Carlow DESCRIPTION:\nVISUAL is pleased to present \;Acts of Creation: On Art a nd Motherhood. This landmark touring exhibition has been conceived by Hett ie Judah in collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring. Following a succes sful tour of the UK\, \;Acts of Creation \;comes to VISUAL augment ed by the inclusion of works from Irish artists and collections.Spanning a ll of VISUAL's galleries\, Acts of Creation presents work in painting\, dr awing\, sculpture\, film\, photography and sound that speaks to the experi ence of motherhood in all its complexity. At VISUAL\, an accompanying in-d epth learning programme will respond to the exhibition's themes and works. A reading area\, a reflection space and specialist workshops and tours wi ll further provide visitors with ways to engage with the ideas and experie nces reflected in this powerful exhibition.\n\n\n\nActs of Creation: On Ar t and Motherhood plunges into the joys and heartaches\, mess\, myths and m ishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks\, from the Women’s Moveme nt of the 1960s and 70s to the present day.While the Madonna and Child is one of the great subjects of European art\, we rarely see art about real m otherhood\, in all its complexity. Acts of Creation addresses this blind s pot in art history\, asserting the artist mother as an important cultural figure.How does the image of motherhood change when the artist is drawing on lived experience? What is made visible? What challenges are levelled at motherhood as an institution through which the mother is idealised as sel f-sacrificing\, wholesome\, tireless and uncomplaining?Diverse experiences are explored across four thematic displays. Creation looks at conception\ , pregnancy\, birth and nursing. It imagines motherhood as a creative act\ , albeit one in which joy might be tempered with anxiety\, pain and exhaus tion.Maintenance is dedicated to the ongoing work of motherhood and caregi ving in the day-to-day. Here we find artists engaged in domestic chores\, keeping children safe\, and navigating a balance between art and parenting .In Loss artists reflect on experiences of miscarriage\, adoption and invo luntary childlessness. Works in this section also protest the loss of wome n’s reproductive rights.The Temple is a series of self-portraits in whic h artists explore their own identity in relation to motherhood. For decade s women were told they could not be both an artist and a mother. These por traits stand in defiance of that idea.\n\n\n\nThis exhibition features art works that include nudity and explore childbirth\, (in)fertility\, miscarr iage\, abortion\, loss and domestic abuse.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025 /08/listings-exhibition-2-1-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Leinster LOCATION:VISUAL Carlow\, Old Dublin Road\, Carlow\, Carlow\, Ireland GEO:52.839084;-6.9293689 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Old Dublin Road\, Carlow\, Carlow\, Ireland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=VISUAL Carlow:geo:52.839084,-6 .9293689 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR