Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang
The Mother as a Creator

The Mother as a Creator

© 2001 Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang

The Mother as a Creator
The Mother as a Creator
CultureTaiwanese
Titles
  • The Mother as a Creator
Date2001–2022, printed 2023
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 23 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. (59.7 × 39.7 cm)
Frame (Each): 24 5/16 × 16 7/16 × 1 9/16 in. (61.8 × 41.7 × 3.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Appleman Foundation, the Anne Levy Charitable Trust, Franci Neely, Julie Brook Alexander, Patricia J. Eifel and James Belli, Jereann Chaney, Nena Marsh, and Meg King Murray
Object number2023.485.A-.L
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

When Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang discovered she was pregnant while pursuing her PhD in art, she briefly questioned whether she could balance motherhood and a career. On the day before she was due to give birth, she photographed herself—a pledge to remain on her artistic path while retaining her sense of self, apart from her role as mother. The Mother as a Creator documents this promise. Comprising photographs taken at memorable moments in her life or her son’s, each photograph features the echo of past images in the background. In one, Hsiao-Ching Wang stands triumphantly in her PhD robes, having attained her degree despite the responsibilities of motherhood.


ProvenanceThe artist; [Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
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