Mother and Child
Mother and Child, 2004
by Torsten Lauschmann (b.1970)
On one level, âMother and Childâ, affords an intimate and personal view of Lauschmannâs partner and newly born baby sleeping in their home.
The artist has also enhanced the work with symbolic significance. The gold background deliberately borrows from religious panel paintings of the âMadonna and Childâ from the Byzantine era. The use of gold leaf was expensive and signified the workâs importance and spiritual significance, as well as being an important decorative element.
Lauschmann is a film, video and performance artist who has lived and worked in Glasgow since 1997.
DVD and metallic paint
Purchased through the Contemporary Art Society Special Collection Scheme with Lottery funding from the Arts Council England, 2005
