LOAN – “BONNES MÈRES” – GROUP EXHIBITION – MUCEM
The RAJA Collection – Contemporary Art is pleased to lend two works for the group exhibition “Bonnes Mères,” which will be on view at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MUCEM) from March 18 to August 31, 2026.
“For over four thousand years, motherhood has been central to tales, rites and images that shape the course of societies. Drawing from Mediterranean cultural sources, the exhibition Good Mothers explores motherhood as an intimate experience, social construct, political matter and artistic theme.From the ancient mother goddess to Marseille’s “Good Mother”, from patriotic heroines to contemporary artists, it reflects on the many ways motherhood is represented, often laden with expectations, and reveals the richness and variety of maternal experience.”
The work on cardboard titled Marianne is a Transfeminist… by American artist Andrea Bowers is featured in the first section of the exhibition and explores the concept of patriotic and symbolic mothers, while Suzanne Husky’s ceramic piece OMO – Douceurs de fleurs addresses the issue of the division of labor and the domestic work that falls to mothers.
Curators : Caroline Chenu and Anne-Cécile Mailfert
Exhibition design : Agence SCENO, Birgitte Fryland
For more information: MUCEM
📷 : Exhibition views « Bonnes Mères », MUCEM © Aldo Paredes
