When I saw the cover of this SFMOMA exhibition guide, I was slightly confused, as I'm pretty sure that the two bottom images are both from Stepmom (I've accidentally seen that film way too many times), which isn't so much a MOMA kind of film.
But with some light research, I learned that it's actually a still from a video installation by Candice Breitz titled, Mother (2005). Breitz edited film performances by the above actresses, to apparently reveal the Hollywood cliché of difficult mothers. Interesting, but I'm really curious to see the video installation titled Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon) (2006), which synchronizes performances by 25 hard-core John Lennon fans all singing along to Lennon's first solo album. I've never worked with video, but this is my kind of project, and so far I love how the artist thinks.
I'm sold.
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mother is a powerful installation - i had an opportunity to "accidentally see it way too many times" at sundance.
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jenny d.