Fertility Ritual

Tabita Rezaire
Fertility Ritual, 2022
12 pottery figures 
Variable Dimensions

Tabita Rezaire’s Fertility Ritual, comprises 11 pottery figures, made by an indigenous elder woman of the Kalina nation from French Guina. Using ancestral ceramic tradition throughout the process of making, the figures all depict pregnant and breastfeeding women. The central figure is crafted by the artist and at her feet are a ceramic sun and moon, alluding to the synergy between celestial and fertility cycles.