safety pins | Helen Sargeant

Birth: paint swatch bodies

Jun 23, 2011

Painted on DIY paint sample's this series of drawings depicts the second active stage of labour as the cervix opens.

This series of ink and pencil drawings was shown as part of a solo exhibition, M(other) at the Chapman Gallery, The University of Salford, 2008. Dr Jaques Rangasamy of The University of Salford has written a review of this exhibition.

Drawing

M(other) Motifs

Nov 26, 2008

"Drawing analysing the visual language depicted in M(other) Icon drawings. "

Painting

Mince Her

May 26, 1996

This painting represents a heavily pregnant woman, a handle that also looks like a transparent tube is attached to her belly. A fine painted line of clotted blood joins flesh and tube. The woman's torso has become amalgamated with a hand held kitchen meat mincing machine.

Birth: paint swatch bodies

M(other) Icons

M(other) Motifs

Mince Her