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Designing Motherhood

A wooden sculpture with smooth, flowing curves and intersecting lines, resembling an abstract, organic form. It embodies the essence of motherhood, its nurturing contours cradling life itself as it sits on a white pedestal against a gray background.
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“One of the most intimate experiences and relations in life, motherhood, is the focus of a new exhibition at the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). “Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births,” running through Dec. 18, explores the history of human reproduction, its relationship with design, and the societal, physical and emotional implications for the people who bear children.”

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