The "Bonnes Mères" exhibition at Mucem (Marseille, France) presents Mediterranean motherhood as a social construct, a political issue, and an artistic subject, offering an immersive, diachronic journey that traces its history from antiquity to the present day through a constant interplay between eras and artworks. From ancient mother goddesses to Marseille’s "Bonne Mère," and from patriotic mothers to contemporary artists, the exhibition examines representations of motherhood—often fraught with societal expectations—and reveals the diversity of maternal experiences. Cécile Cornet’s work is situated in the section of the exhibition centered on the stay-at-home mother and domestic labor, and echoes the mythological figures of Hestia—goddess of the hearth and homr —and the myth of Ariane.
