Zixin_yyan

In this sculpture, I have tried to reflect and express the trauma and conflict that existed between my mother and me from a personal perspective. I was born into a typically patriarchal Chinese family and the absence of my father during my childhood and teenage years resulted in my being dominated by my mother. Specifically, like other typical traditional Chinese families, my grandmother was the authoritarian of the family, at the top of the pyramidal family structure, followed by my mother and me. My grandmother demanded that my mother follow the traditional Chinese feminine virtues of caring for the family and handling the household, which led her to inherit the rights granted to me, as she suffered. If I objected to her exceptions, she habitually forced me to obey her with extreme behaviour, such as self-harm, which did cause me nightmares for a long time.