Gaia-Mother Goddess

I am now part of an exhibiting collective based at MMU-Interactive Arts Year Two, and the theme of the show is RELIGION. It has a title of [no offence intended] and is opening on the the 16th March for two weeks.

There are the obligatory subject matters such as Christianity, Shintoism and the Islamic faith...I have chosen the Neolithic Mother Goddess, GAIA. Below is my reasoning:

Sonny Barker… | … Mother Create

In pre-organised religions such as Judaism, Catholic and Islamic faiths, most civilisations worshipped a matriarchal religion that is generally placed under the umbrella title of Gaia, Mother Earth of the Earth Mother. This title suggests fertility, creation and the embodiment of the Earth as a whole living organism.

She was worshipped in Aztec mythology as well as Sumerian, Greek and the Druids of England. There are Idols and statues that are still being found of the Mother Goddess from the Neolithic period (the New Stone Age) onwards. These are thought to be have been worshipped for fertility and for creation of life.

My sculpture is based on the aspect of Mother Earth as a giver of life, both in birth and in reincarnation. ‘We are born, we enjoy life and in death, we feed Gaia, the Mother Goddess in return…the cycle then starts afresh’.

I have the sculpture at 6 foot by 5 foot and will be in two sections and be at least 2 foot wide..there will be tar-like detailks in the centre of the piece and be highly polished on the wood exterior.