DORF Presents: Figures

DORF announces Figures, an exhibition of new and existing works by Gabo Martini, Barbara Miñarro, Teruko Nimura, and Maja Ruznic, four artists who address memory, identity, history and transgenerational trauma.

Memory is complicated and powerful; it helps, haunts, and hinders us. Since as early as the 1800s, psychologists have studied intergenerational transmission, examining trauma as it relates to the handing down of neurotic traits from parent to child. Through sculpture, installation, and painting, these women reveal their personal and collective memory as first– and second–generation immigrants and explore how their family histories are ingrained in their identities and psyches.