Wren Noble
Mother
February 24–March 28, 2013
Vernissage February 27, 5 à 7
(main gallery)
Wren Noble, 2013
In Mother the artist depicts the late stages of her mother’s struggle with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s. She began photographing her mother when she was diagnosed at the age of 53. Now, almost ten years later she doesn’t speak or make eye contact and needs constant care. As a subject she is unselfconscious and unaware of the presence of the camera. In this work the artist explores illness, identity and the act of caretaking within a space that is both intimately domestic and permeated by the necessities of long term medical care. Through the act of photographing her, the artist attempts to explore their relationship as mother and daughter.
Mother includes photographic prints and video portraits produced over the last two years.
Bio
Wren Noble is an American artist living and working in Montreal. She received her BFA from New York University and will be completing her MFA at Concordia University in 2014.
