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A young child clings to her flesh, consuming and offering her to the viewer.&nbsp;The painting both explores and mocks my own fears of becoming a mother.&nbsp; Compositionally, it references one of my favorite paintings of all time, Goya\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Saturn Devouring his Son&nbsp;<\/em>[pictured bottom left]&nbsp;as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/object.php?object_id=117570\">K\u00e4the Kollwitz\u2019s <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/object.php?object_id=117570\">Death Seizes a Woman<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>[pictured bottom right].&nbsp;These references draw attention to the ever-present desire to love and protect a child, but the fear that it will destroy and swallow ones identity whole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2013 Laura Krifka&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Want to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/lalouver.com\/roguewave-artist.cfm?tArtist_id=423\">Laura Krifka<\/a>\u2019s work? Join us for tonight\u2019s Rogue Wave Artist Talk, at L.A. Louver, 6: 30pm. Laura will discuss the inspiration behind her paintings and sculptures featured in our <a href=\"https:\/\/lalouver.com\/rogue-wave-exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=898\"><em>Rogue Wave 201<\/em>3<\/a> exhibition.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think of the painting Mother [pictured top]&nbsp;as a mommy-themed blow up doll designed by Caravaggio. Squeezable round lips, round breast, and round wet eyeballs, locked in a state of eternal surprise. Her lips form a ridiculous O shape, a black hole in the center of the face. 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