Katherine Duclos, "Self Care"
$450. Cement, plastic breastpump part, 5.5”x6”x3.5", 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist Statement
These pieces belong to a larger body of work exploring the often invisible emotional tolls of motherhood, particularly breastfeeding and pumping during the early days. I paint at home with donated expired frozen milk from other women’s freezer stashes in my kitchen during nap times and after bedtime as a way of honoring the invisible labor that goes into sustaining a life with your body. I burn the milk, making it visible and permanent on the canvas. My palette hints at wounds and bruising and healing. I use cement and donated breastpump and bottle parts to make sculptural objects calling attention to the weight and burden and often outdated and uncomfortable equipment we give to women to pump milk. Breastfeeding and pumping are temporary, these pieces offer permanence to this formative yet under discussed period of a mother’s life.
Artist Bio
Katherine Duclos (b. 1980, Massachusetts) received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2012 in Brooklyn, NY. After 10 years in New York, she moved to Vancouver, BC in late 2017 with her family, where she maintains a studio practice exploring painting, sculpture, photography, and installation. Her current work deals with themes of motherhood and its often invisible emotional toll. She has exhibited her work in Canada and the United States. She has worked as a teaching artist for organizations such as Studio in a School in New York City and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
$450. Cement, plastic breastpump part, 5.5”x6”x3.5", 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist Statement
These pieces belong to a larger body of work exploring the often invisible emotional tolls of motherhood, particularly breastfeeding and pumping during the early days. I paint at home with donated expired frozen milk from other women’s freezer stashes in my kitchen during nap times and after bedtime as a way of honoring the invisible labor that goes into sustaining a life with your body. I burn the milk, making it visible and permanent on the canvas. My palette hints at wounds and bruising and healing. I use cement and donated breastpump and bottle parts to make sculptural objects calling attention to the weight and burden and often outdated and uncomfortable equipment we give to women to pump milk. Breastfeeding and pumping are temporary, these pieces offer permanence to this formative yet under discussed period of a mother’s life.
Artist Bio
Katherine Duclos (b. 1980, Massachusetts) received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2012 in Brooklyn, NY. After 10 years in New York, she moved to Vancouver, BC in late 2017 with her family, where she maintains a studio practice exploring painting, sculpture, photography, and installation. Her current work deals with themes of motherhood and its often invisible emotional toll. She has exhibited her work in Canada and the United States. She has worked as a teaching artist for organizations such as Studio in a School in New York City and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
$450. Cement, plastic breastpump part, 5.5”x6”x3.5", 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist Statement
These pieces belong to a larger body of work exploring the often invisible emotional tolls of motherhood, particularly breastfeeding and pumping during the early days. I paint at home with donated expired frozen milk from other women’s freezer stashes in my kitchen during nap times and after bedtime as a way of honoring the invisible labor that goes into sustaining a life with your body. I burn the milk, making it visible and permanent on the canvas. My palette hints at wounds and bruising and healing. I use cement and donated breastpump and bottle parts to make sculptural objects calling attention to the weight and burden and often outdated and uncomfortable equipment we give to women to pump milk. Breastfeeding and pumping are temporary, these pieces offer permanence to this formative yet under discussed period of a mother’s life.
Artist Bio
Katherine Duclos (b. 1980, Massachusetts) received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2012 in Brooklyn, NY. After 10 years in New York, she moved to Vancouver, BC in late 2017 with her family, where she maintains a studio practice exploring painting, sculpture, photography, and installation. Her current work deals with themes of motherhood and its often invisible emotional toll. She has exhibited her work in Canada and the United States. She has worked as a teaching artist for organizations such as Studio in a School in New York City and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.