"Artist Naima Green has explored the concept and expectations of motherhood in a solo exhibition called Instead, I spin fantasies which is currently on show at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City."
"The photos, which are a mix of real and semi-fictional, feature Green herself with a prosthetic pregnant belly and others in her life and community."
"I'm trying to explore a very expansive picture across different geographies, different classes, different ideas of family, just as a way of seeing, understanding or creating different possibilities for family-making,' she said in a recent interview If I didn't let my mind run too far ahead, I felt completely happy, 2024. Photograph: Naima Green"
Naima Green stages a solo exhibition titled Instead, I spin fantasies at the International Center of Photography in New York City. The photographic series blends real and semi-fictional imagery to interrogate expectations of motherhood. Green appears in some images wearing a prosthetic pregnant belly alongside friends, family and community members. The work seeks an expansive portrait of family by spanning different geographies, classes and ideas of kinship. The images propose alternative possibilities for family-making through staged encounters, performative portraiture and collaborative participation. The exhibition emphasizes imagination, emotional ambivalence and the remaking of maternal narratives.
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