WE DON’T BELIEVE IN LOVE
Limited Edition Print by Thao French

-Edition is out of the amount that gets ordered during the Pre-Sale
-11 in x 14 in
-Fine Art Print on Cold Press Cotton Rag 300GSM

From the Artist: The traditions we pass down from generation can be both beautiful and ugly and this art piece, I wanted to highlight the traditions I’ve seen most prevalent and ugly in our society and in my own family. We almost never talk about trauma.

We pass down these traumas derived from fear; fear of ourselves, of each other, of failing, of being insignificant and never being enough, and fear of running out of resources necessary for survival. This fear manifests in ways where we destroy each other, we sabotage ourselves and the ways we destroy the planet.In this painting, the woman is looking at herself. At the opportunity of a rebirth. I know a lot of people thought it was a mother and child (and feel free to interpret it that way if that’s what you take from it) but for me this is a self portrait of humanity. We pass down traumas of war, colonization, capitalization, from our own families, creating barriers and hostility within ourselves and for the ones around us. You see this mindset play out in politics and among humanity across the world where decisions (especially destructive ones where we threaten to nuke other counties) are all derivations of fear. We bomb countries because we think they’ll bomb us. We hurt people because WE are hurt.For most of us, war is never over. For most of us we are living life in a constant state of being in danger. We pass down emotional insecurity from generation to the next.

This painting was inspired by the atrocities of todays’s worldly state. As we are the brink of another potential world war, aren’t we all just a bunch of savages with the lack of emotional security? And if that’s so, how can we possibly create safe spaces for each other or for ourselves? How can we ever have peace when we are constantly at war with ourselves? What traditions are carrying with you and which ones will you pass on?

Part of TRADITIONS - 2nd Annual AAPI Group Show. If purchased during Pre-Sale which runs 5/27 to 6/13 at 11:59pm - Orders then will be processed and prepared for shipment. Orders then will be sent out no later than 6/18.