#generational-trauma

#generational-trauma

Did you deserve that hurt at 10 years old? Absolutely the hell not. But here's the thing: Who's to say that the tough times can't serve as lessons, teaching us what not to repeat? Now that we're grown, it is up to us to decide what kind of parents we want to be for our own children - and for many, that means grabbing generational cycles by the throat and shoving them straight into the trash can.

Known for her conceptual practice that incorporates familiar objects and symbols from Black visual culture-including football equipment, peacock chairs, lowriders and butterflies-Mohamoud reimagines her source materials by transforming their scale and layering cultural references to recontextualize their interpreted meaning. The exhibition's title comes from Gil Scott-Heron's spoken word poem Comment #1 (1970), which earnestly describes the violence of racial and social inequality in America during that time.

The Faloduns at the centre of Cursed Daughters share tales of heartbroken women across the generations who just can't seem to hold on to a man. There's Fikayo, whose husband left after he tired of tending to her chronic illness; Afoke, who seduced her younger sister's boyfriend; Feranmi, the matriarch of the family, who got pregnant by a married man and received the curse from the man's first wife.

Jake is sweating bullets, having just quit his job and signed a $30,000-a-month lease on the new restaurant. Vince is telling him, "It's not a prison sentence." Wes and Estelle are conveniently having their meet-cute by the jukebox, while Roxie and Tony are back in the kitchen, about to be swept up in the "Isle of Joy" Vince is desperately trying to build.

Nathaniel Mary Quinn has never shied away from confronting the most difficult corners of the human condition. With ECHOES FROM COPELAND, his fifth solo exhibition with Gagosian, the acclaimed American artist channels fear, grief, and redemption into a deeply visceral body of work. The exhibition, currently on view at Gagosian's West 24th Street gallery through October 25, draws inspiration from literature and figurative abstraction to create an emotional terrain as fractured as it is full of possibility.

"My grandma was four when she was brought [to Stewart], and she was raised in violence by the matrons. She never had an opportunity to learn parenting skills from her parents. That experience, in my family at least, was the start of violence, alcoholism, and generational trauma. I have relatives who still will not step foot out here because our grandma was abused on a regular basis."

In dysfunctional or abusive families, fixed family roles sustain dysfunction, allowing those with power to externalize blame onto a scapegoat, often a black sheep.

Kazumi Kuwahara, a third-generation hibakusha, stated, "I'm not sure if it was the effect of the atomic bomb, but I have always had a weak body..."

Karis Kelly's play, awarded the Women's Prize for Playwriting in 2022, masterfully captures a family’s reunion in Northern Ireland, focusing solely on the women present. The narrative navigates humor and pain through rich character dynamics and familial tensions, particularly expressed through the matriarch Eileen and her daughters Gilly and Jenny, each grappling with inherited traumas while humorously confronting their pasts.

In this film, vampires serve not just as horror elements but as metaphors for institutional racism, illustrating how it drains the life and joy from African Americans.

Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.

Tom's work highlights her family’s history in Chinatown, tackling painful legacies of trauma while maintaining a fierce commitment to the health and vitality of her community.

At the heart of Richard Flanagan’s memoir is a reflection on the profound connections and choices that intertwine lives across generations, revealing both a legacy of trauma and resilience.

I lived with people who only spoke Chinese. My siblings and I went to Chinese school on the weekends... But Vietnam was just not spoken about.

"South of Midnight is visually stunning and boasts a captivating soundtrack, but its gameplay ultimately feels lacking, resembling a beautifully presented dish that disappoints in flavor."