Join us for the opening reception on August 7th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm!
Becoming Becoming is an exhibition of new works by Joséphine Dubern, an artist and mother of two. Dubern has created a prolific body of engaging, colorful abstract works that span the time before her becoming a mother, up until, and after, the birth of her two children.
The exhibition will explore what it means to be an artist specifically in the context of motherhood: What does it mean to be an artist before versus after having a child? How does the process of creating a work as an artist relate to the process of creating a new life within oneself? What can an artist who is a mother specifically offer the Art World, an artistic landscape that has historically not been the most welcoming to such a state of life?
Becoming Becoming examines how mothers are ontologically gestational, creative in the very nature of their being.
The exhibition will be in the Dilenschneider Gallery at the Sheen Center (18 Bleecker Street) from August 6-28th.
Joséphine Dubern was born in 1995 in Aix-en-Provence, France. After studying communication sciences at the Université de Montreal, she graduated from Les Beaux-Arts de Marseille. She currently lives and works in Montreal, where she is also the mother of two children.
For two nights only, Dubern's work will be accompanied by a special immersive gallery performance created by Karina Majewski that will delve into the twin vocations of artist and mother and how they are embodied. You can purchase tickets for these performances below: