The Hero Mother – How to build a house

2016 – 2020

Puklus deconstructs and questions the dynamics of the pre-established female and male roles: motherhood as an alleged heroic activity and the supposed duty of the father to build and protect the home. His search breaks down the traditional symbols associated with maternal and paternal figures in a playful yet critical way. Outside the confines of the photographic studio, he develops an original visual vocabulary around parental life and issues related to the construction of the family nucleus. Presented and internationally premiered at Images Vevey, Switzerland, the installation reconstructs the everyday life and unfolds in the intimacy of home: in each room, the viewer discovers the complexity of ourselves.

Written by Co Knol based on Images Festival catalogue 2018.

Destroyer, 2018, Budapest
Destroyer, 2018, Budapest
Family portrait (Four bedposts), 2016, New York
Family portrait (Four bedposts), 2016, New York
Erection, 2016, Budapest
Erection, 2016, Budapest
Infinite drainpipe, 2018, Budapest
Infinite drainpipe, 2018, Budapest
Family portrait, 2016, New York
Family portrait, 2016, New York
How to build a house, 2017, Budapest
How to build a house, 2017, Budapest
A hand holding a hand holding the spiral of life, 2017, Carovigno
A hand holding a hand holding the spiral of life, 2017, Carovigno
Rebel, 2016, New York
Rebel, 2016, New York
Build your house on the rock, 2016, New York
Build your house on the rock, 2016, New York
Ruccola, 2017, Carovigno
Ruccola, 2017, Carovigno
The portrait of the hero father, 2017, Budapest
The portrait of the hero father, 2017, Budapest
Sawhorses making love, 2017, Budapest
Sawhorses making love, 2017, Budapest
Breastfeeding hammer, 2018, Budapest
Breastfeeding hammer, 2018, Budapest
The portrait of the architect, 2017, Budapest
The portrait of the architect, 2017, Budapest