Single Moms

The time of growing up in a normal family structure – father, mother, kids – seems to be almost gone: at least in Germany more and more children grow up living only with one of their parents, mostly with their mother. Almost every fifth mother is a Single Mom, as the results of one Bertelsmann Study Research shows. And politics so far are not coping.

This year the topic exhibition of the Frauenmuseum Bonn is focusing on this explosive social problem in showing three main parts of the issue: The first part puts the spotlight on the historic perspective of the present situation of Single Moms. The second part is the international one and tries to give a view on the situation of Single Moms in different parts of the world. And the third part of course shows how Art and Culture are dealing with this issue. There will be interviews on screen given by well-known and normal single moms, facing similar problems.

The main show is accompanied by three parallel running single exhibitions on the subject from the artists Maina Miriam Munsky, Annegret Soltau and a show of portraits about survivors of the Iraqi  Anfal – Operation, a memorial initiated by women.