A bronze statue named Mother Vérité has been erected outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London.
The statue depicts a postpartum mother holding her newborn child, her breasts exposed and ready to nurse, wearing a pair of postpartum pants over a still-swollen stomach.
The powerful artwork depicts the physical changes of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood.
Mother Vérité celebrates a body that “society hides: the true postpartum body; not airbrushed or not to be apologised for.”
It's the first-ever monument honouring the art of motherhood and the realities of postpartum.
Mother Vérité was commissioned by Chelsea Hirschhorn, founder of the baby and parenting brand Frida Mom and a mother of four.
The piece was created by British digital sculptor Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark and is the first bronze sculpture to represent the postpartum experience.
After her display outside the Lindo Wing (known for its royal maternity services), Mother Vérité will travel to Portman Square for Frieze and then to Miami for Art Basel, before returning to London for a long-term installation.
