Portrait of the artist's mother : dignity, creativity and disability / Fiona Place.
Publication details: North Geelong, Victoria : Spinifex Press, 2019.Description: x, 312 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925581751
- Place, Fiona, 1958-
- Pollock, Fraser
- Place, Fiona
- Place, Fraser
- Down syndrome -- Patients -- Australia -- Biography
- Artists with disabilities -- Australia -- Biography
- Mothers of artists -- Australia -- Biography
- Mothers of children with Down syndrome -- Australia -- Biography
- Down syndrome patients as artists -- Australia
- Parents of children with disabilities -- Australia -- Biography
- People with disabilities -- Social aspects -- Australia
- Artists with disabilities -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Biography
- Down syndrome -- Patients -- Biography
- Australian
- 362.1968588420092 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 362.196 PLA | Available | 069461 |
Colour painting on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312)
Portrait of the Artist's Mother is a memoir and an examination of the politics of disability. Fiona Place describes the pressure from medical institutions to undergo screening during pregnancy and assumptions that a child with Trisomy 21 should not live, even though people with Down syndrome do live rich lives. Fiona's son, Fraser, has become an artist. His prize-winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Sydney and Canberra. How does a mother get from the grieving silence of the birthing room through the horrified comments of other mothers to the applause at gallery openings? This is a story of commitment to the idea that all people, including those who are 'less than perfect', have a right to be welcomed into this increasingly imperfect world.
