An exhibition titled 'No One Knows All It Takes' opens at the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee, featuring four artists—Bryana Bibbs, Raoul Deal, Maria Gaspar, and Swoon—who use their work to address concealed trauma and its connection to collective wellness. Curated by Colossal, the show includes Bibbs’ weavings made while caring for her dying grandparents, Deal’s portraits and sculptures exploring immigration, Swoon’s installation confronting her mother’s addiction, and Gaspar’s interactive series on incarceration in Wisconsin.
The exhibition matters because it directly engages with pressing social issues—addiction, incarceration, immigration, and caregiver support—through visually arresting, personal works. By inviting viewers to participate in Gaspar’s abolitionist exercise of obscuring prison images and reflecting on intergenerational trauma, the show challenges audiences to imagine alternative ways of addressing harm and healing, linking personal health to broader societal wellness.