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Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko
Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko
Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko
Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko
Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko
Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko
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Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back, Andi Galdi Vinko

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Andi Galdi Vinko: "For a very long time motherhood was considered somewhat taboo in the art world. As long as I can remember, female role models I admired openly talked about their choice of career over family. Some might have had children but never talked about their insecurities or sacrifices. Artist and talent awards age limits usually are 35 or younger. But as soon as a woman turns 30 she is often viewed as old and her biological clock ‘is ticking’. The years to make the choice between having children or being successful are short and coincide with the years when one or the other might happen but none are guaranteed.

When I realised I was pregnant, I had no idea what awaited me. How messy and how raw, how unpredictable and how out of control motherhood really was compared to the images I had in my mind from films, photos, paintings done by men. Then I was an emerging artist, traveling around and going to art fairs and exhibition openings. Now I am a mother of two working on borrowed time hoping the years I’ve lost mothering can be written into my CV without guilt or shame.

This work in progress, which will always be a work in progress, is about becoming, understanding, and remembering. Trying not to forget all those things that once seemed so important, and the minute you think you know it another challenge appears. How can something so universal as motherhood be so lonely? How come we all have to experience it and there are no answers to all those struggles? What about our bodies, our hormones, our thoughts, our friends, our loves? Our careers, our homes, our dishes, our laundry, our sexual desires? What happened to our freedom, our showers, our sleeping hours?

I love being a mother. I also loved being an artist."

Foreword by Charlotte Jansen

Published by Trolley Books
Hardcover with exposed spine
224 pages
160 x 220 mm
ISBN 9781907112683

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