The Museum of Modern Art | A sculpture prompts reflections on motherhood and loss | Senga Nengudi | UNIQLO ARTSPEAKS @themuseumofmodernart | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Conservator Megan Randall talks about working on Senga Nengudi’s 1977/2003 sculpture "R.S.V.P I" during a time of personal struggle and loss, and finding in it a sense of comfort and resilience.
Randall adds, “Given how much stigma still exists in this world around pregnancy, miscarriage, and infertility, it is important to me that this video helps normalize some of these issues. Here are some other stories and information that I hope will shed more light on both.”
Miscarriage and pregnancy loss
Lauren Kelley, “You Know Someone Who’s Had a Miscarriage,” The New York Times, Oct. 2019.
nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/10/opinion/miscarriage-pregnancy.html
Meghan Markle, “The Losses We Share,” The New York Times, Nov. 2020.
nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opinion/meghan-markle-miscarriage.html
Infertility
“The psychological impact of infertility and its treatment,” Harvard Mental Health Letter, May 2009.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/The-psychological-impact-of-infertility-and-its-treatment
Regina Townsend, “The Lasting Trauma of Infertility,” The New York Times, Oct. 2019.
nytimes.com/2019/10/23/parenting/the-lasting-trauma-of-infertility.html
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Seeing grief and longing in art
Conservator Megan Randall talks about working on Senga Nengudi’s 1977/2003 sculpture "R.S.V.P I" during a time of personal struggle and loss, and finding in it a sense of comfort and resilience.
Randall adds, “Given how much stigma still exists in this world around pregnancy, miscarriage, and infertility, it is important to me that this video helps normalize some of these issues. Here are some other stories and information that I hope will shed more light on both.”
Miscarriage and pregnancy loss
Lauren Kelley, “You Know Someone Who’s Had a Miscarriage,” The New York Times, Oct. 2019.
nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/10/opinion/miscarriage-pregnancy.html
Meghan Markle, “The Losses We Share,” The New York Times, Nov. 2020.
nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opinion/meghan-markle-miscarriage.html
Infertility
“The psychological impact of infertility and its treatment,” Harvard Mental Health Letter, May 2009.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/The-psychological-impact-of-infertility-and-its-treatment
Regina Townsend, “The Lasting Trauma of Infertility,” The New York Times, Oct. 2019.
nytimes.com/2019/10/23/parenting/the-lasting-trauma-of-infertility.html
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Seeing grief and longing in art
