Mason Newman | The Depressed Generation | Valium

Mason Newman (b. 2000)
The Depressed Generation | Valium
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Valium — diazepam, the most prescribed drug in the United States for over a decade, the medication that became synonymous with the management of anxiety in the late twentieth century and whose cultural presence extends from The Rolling Stones' Mother's Little Helper to the psychiatric mainstream — gives Newman a subject of considerable historical depth. The Depressed Generation series finds in Valium not merely a pharmaceutical but an entire cultural history: the medicalisation of anxiety, the relationship between pharmaceutical industry and everyday distress, the specific quality of mid-century and contemporary life that made both necessary and possible.

Forbes 30 Under 30, 2024. Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, serving collectors across London, Surrey, and Berkshire.

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Forbes 30 Under 30, 2024
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