Mother

Name: Mother
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ISBN: 9780140263626

ISBN-10: 0140263624

ISBN-13: 9780140263626

Edition: N/A

Authors: Judy Olausen

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In the spirit of William Wegman and Cindy Sherman, Judy Olausen offers up a hilarious yet oddly unsettling collection of portraits of that most sacred of institutions: Mother. Photographing her own mother using 1950s-inspired props, she turns a lifelong homemaker into a surreal icon of all-American-style domestic submission. From "Mother as Coffee Table" to "Mother as Doormat" or "Roadkill", Olausen creates visual metaphors for Mother's role in the era just preceding the women's liberation movement. Vivian Olausen, the sole model in Mother, proved to be an enthusiastic and professional participant. She lugs a boulder up a staircase in "Mother Under Pressure" and drags a cross in "Mother…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/20/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 9.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English