"Mother" and "Daughter" — these blood-bound titles. We have been taught that maternal love should be unconditional and consistent, where resentment and love may fail to coexist. Each generation are expected to inherit this confusion through the continuous mother-daughter identity. However, when "mother" is stereotyped as a selfless caregiver, and any behaviour embodied daughter's resistance is framed as ungrateful betrayal — in what way, can we truly “see” one another?
【In the name of love 以愛妳的名義】
"Mother" and "Daughter" — these blood-bound titles. We have been taught that maternal love should be unconditional and consistent, where resentment and love may fail to coexist. Each generation are expected to inherit this confusion through the continuous mother-daughter identity. However, when "mother" is stereotyped as a selfless caregiver, and any behaviour embodied daughter's resistance is framed as ungrateful betrayal — in what way, can we truly “see” one another?
This exhibition is a starting point of a prolonged dialogue. From socially conditioned love to the burden of female identity—four artists employ video, installation, and performance to peel the sugar coating off “the myth of maternal love". Artists dissect the intertwining of love and resentment in mother-daughter relationships, exposing the conditional nature and social responsibilities within. Perhaps, only then can we re-identify— how we are both the victim and accomplice under the society’s oppressive structures.
We invite visitors to confront the counterbalance and coexistence in mother-daughter relationships, to contemplate: in the crevices between motherhood and daughterhood, how might we break cycles of silence, address unspoken weariness, and unravel the anger and expectations within?
Curator | Betty JIU
Artists | FIGUERA Ashley Marie Bondoc, HO Cheuk Yiu, NG Tsz Sum
Exhibition Period | 3 - 18 September 2025 (Mon-Sun), 09:00 – 19:00
Opening Reception | 2 September 2025, 18:00 – 20:00
Venue | G/F, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Lee Shau Kee Communication and Visual Arts Building, HKBU (5 Hereford Road, Kowloon Tong)