Mother
Keerat Kaur
Description
Mother gives a monumental dimension to the Sikh women, currently aged 50-70, who raised Generation Y as immigrant mothers, emigrating from Punjab, to various destinations of the diaspora, between 1970-1990. The passing down of the grit and grace of matrilineality defines diasporic existence. As central figures to a human existence, they are the first teachers to guide future generations in every aspect of living. This sanctity is an ode to our mothers and all that they have passed down to us. Keerat Kaur’s work takes shape through the disciplines of painting, sculpture, hand-embroidery, music, and architecture. She gathers inspiration from Indic philosophies to evoke themes of spirituality and fantasia. Her aesthetic lies in the realm of the surreal, merging mundane and dream-like qualities.
Image Credit: Courtesy of the Artist, 2021.
Additional Information
- Medium: Painting
- Year Created: 2021
- Artwork Type: Mural / Painting
- Program Name: ArtworxTO Project (New in 2021)
- Artist Website: https://www.keeratkaur.ca
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ArtworxTO Pop Up Hub | Bayview Village - PAST EXHIBITION
This exhibition was located at 2901 Bayview Ave, North York, ON M2K 1E6
Curator: Raji Kaur Aujla
chashm-e-bulbul is an exhibition that probes the erasure of Sikh grandmothers’ visibility from historical records and explores methodologies to tell their stories through oral traditions, Punjabi textile, folk embroidery, Phulkari over the passage of time. Image Credit: Rachel Topham.