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Anastasia Bay's new solo exhibition, “Night Mother,” brings together a collection of previously unseen works—paintings, ceramics, furniture—that immerse us in an intimate universe where she recounts an experience of motherhood that is still too rarely addressed.
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If she bends down a little, if she holds her breath, she can see them amongst the low branches, not far off, she can, yes, she can sense them breathing, she can see their ribs lifting the fine skin on their flanks, she can smell them, that familiar and disgusting stench. The creatures are prowling around the cabin, prowling here and there. She can see their eyes glimmer faintly in the darkness, like glass marbles, dull gemstones.
She must not breathe, no, barely breathe, yes, she can let her breath slip out between her teeth, that’s all, just a fine thread leaking out, hardly warming the icy air of the cabin. She tightens her grip on the child, it shall not wake, it shall not wave his hands, its five fingers, it shall…
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Anastasia Bay's new solo exhibition, “Night Mother,” brings together a collection of previously unseen works—paintings, ceramics, furniture—that immerse us in an intimate universe where she recounts an experience of motherhood that is still too rarely addressed.
Children
If she bends down a little, if she holds her breath, she can see them amongst the low branches, not far off, she can, yes, she can sense them breathing, she can see their ribs lifting the fine skin on their flanks, she can smell them, that familiar and disgusting stench. The creatures are prowling around the cabin, prowling here and there. She can see their eyes glimmer faintly in the darkness, like glass marbles, dull gemstones.
She must not breathe, no, barely breathe, yes, she can let her breath slip out between her teeth, that’s all, just a fine thread leaking out, hardly warming the icy air of the cabin. She tightens her grip on the child, it shall not wake, it shall not wave his hands, its five fingers, it shall…





























































































































































































































