Hannah Taurins' 'Showstopper' Exhibition at Tureen in Dallas Explores Motherhood Through Fashion Photography Grammar

Hannah Taurins presents 'Showstopper' at Tureen in Dallas, an exhibition that runs through April 18, 2026. The artist employs fashion photography's visual language to examine motherhood, using acrylic gouache and colored pencil on panel and canvas. Works like 'Pressure Cooker' depict a model-like woman with a crying child near a barbecue, while 'Animus' shows a woman in white resisting a shadowy male figure. 'Baby Fever' features a woman in a yellow bikini holding an infant. Taurins constructs scenes from fashion magazine imagery, creating ambiguous narratives where figures shift in appearance across paintings. The exhibition traces an arc from conception to death, culminating in 'Funeral Scene' where mourning figures gather. Taurins' technique creates tension between fashion's idealized archetypes and psychological depth, leaving questions about individuation versus emotional states unresolved. The hard-flash aesthetic references fashion photography's conventions while exploring themes of motherhood, loss, and identity.