MAMA
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Exhibition

Solo show

MAMA

Venue
Idiot Bookshop
Year
2025
Location
London, UK

In the project «MAMA», Anna Samoylova uses textiles, embroidery, and folklore to reflect on modern motherhood against a backdrop of global crises and emigration. Through symbolic imagery like dark lupines and red stitching, she explores the physical reality, invisible labor, and domestic rituals of maternal life. Ultimately, the project functions as a courageous first-person dialogue, questioning how a woman artist can address motherhood today while navigating the inevitable separation from her child.


Tears

Raw calico, acrylics, cotton thread, 2025, 90 x 90 cm

Mirror

Raw calico, acrylics, cotton thread, 2024, 80 x 90 cm

Diptych

Raw calico, acrylics, cotton thread, 2025, 133 x 76 cm

Holding you tight

Raw calico, acrylics, cotton thread, 2025, 50 x 90 cm

No milk, no attachment

Bra, cotton thread, 2025, 25 x 30 cm
From left to right:
1. Alphabet Bib, antique bib, cotton thread, 2025, 24 x 35 cm
2. Well done Mama Bib, antique bib, cotton thread, 2025, 21 x 25 cm
3. My language will turn into a pattern, soviet vintage napkin, 2025, 45 x 45 cm
4. Mama Bib, antique bib, cotton thread, 2025, 26 x 32 cm