Visual Arts Review: “Two Births and the Afterlife”

Aimée M. Everett’s current exhibition at Carver Museum offers a refreshing switch on an all-too-familiar narrative of motherhoodMotherhood as presented in art tends to depict a sacrificial and devoted figure, usually completely submitted to their title as a creator and caretaker. Notably, this heavenly framing of the mother figure rarely seems to come from those who have created life themselves. In Aimée M.

Everett communicates through symbols to create sensations. With an experimental manipulation of colors, shapes, patterns, textures, sounds, and objects, her abstract work exhibits a deeper interest in conveying feelings than providing literal explanations. Though employing a non-figurative style, the emotions expressed in Everett’s pieces are frank and pellucid.

Uncovering the sorrows of motherhood just as much as its joys, Everett’s installation is split into two rooms to address both sentiments. Underscored with celestial themes, the theme manifests in an exploration of both lightness and darkness. If the two separate parts of this exhibit reflect day and night, we can understand days as busy and open to possibility, while nights induce fears and isolation.

Uncovering the sorrows of motherhood just as much as its joys, Everett’s installation is split into two rooms, underscored with celestial themes, to address both sentiments. The first room captures an atmosphere reminiscent of the frightening vastness of space. The walls are painted black and accented by the moody blue and gray tones of the different pieces. An artistic materialization of Everett’s struggle with postpartum depression, the space induces feelings of isolation, rumination, and helplessness. Little room is left for interpretation with on-the-nose titles like, which presents an arrangement of calls for help on the wall.

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