Motherhood In Tianmiao's Motifs In Her Art

Life was simpler in the past, according to Tianmiao her mother died of Cancer in 2011, revealing distinctive motifs in her art, tumor like balls attached to deformed female casts, or matted patches of thread and silk, perhaps an abstract display of how cancer cells spread, and result in the deterioration of the host (Guest). Her childhood ties, not only to her mother, but to her homeland are strong, she claims that she could not have continued down this path if she remained in the States, “It is my country, and it creates such strong feelings in me”, she said in an interview. Powerful memories of her own mother, her experiences as a wife and mother, and her experience with the tumultuous Chinese social issues have all attributed to her artwork. The changes that being a wife and mother made both emotionally and physically are difficult to distinguish, “Motherhood makes you strong, and also very, very sensitive. You have to become stronger and also …show more content…
She has claimed ,“My own feminism is from a basic instinct – I believe as women we have to get stronger by ourselves” (Cavaluzzo). Her art is a physical representation of not necessarily her experiences as a woman, but the experiences of a woman. Focusing more on the analyzation of the female psychological experience. She has spoken of her need to have a type of physical stimulation or reaction in order to draw inspiration into an art piece. As an example, some of her sculptures refer to her difficult pregnancy, and others refer to activities that are typically expected of women. These examples show how that her personal take on feminism lives in her work, along with her interest in how traditional and present Chinese culture describe women and their roles in this world