CROSSING BORDERS - The Wheel of Fortune (American Dream), returns to NYC after 24 years


"Risk, anticipation, luck, walking on a tightrope, riddles and the fortuitous; these are the elements of life that are translated into the practice of games, in the act of rolling the dice and turning the wheel of fortune "- Anaida Hernández

Fragment of the essay  catalogue exhibition Ida y Vuelta (2018) by Laura Bravo, curator 



La ruleta de la fortuna: el sueño americano, 
1998 - 1999 

This game warns us, through the table in which we are invited to bet, that the desires of prosperity, freedom, fame, pleasure or success, also imply the risk of encountering a thorny outcome. This is the drama experienced by thousands of Puerto Ricans who, driven by the recession and the desire for a more promising future, left the island and faced problems of discrimination and even worse precariousness.

The risk and emotion of the game are star resources of this piece, where the public is invited to participate with the purpose of experiencing the sensation of venturing to reach an idealized life in a foreign space. The mythical dream of the protagonist country is recognizable through symbols such as the crown of the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol or the flag. Although the migration from Puerto Rico to the United States does not imply the crossing of a political border, the geographical transfer entails another type of difficulties.
Like a coin that is thrown into the air, this dream also has two faces, and to each glorified version of the emigrants' hopes, there is the hidden possibility of unpredictable misfortune that may befall them.

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The triumph, 2004. Urban Train of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Station /Public Art Program of Puerto Rico

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ART WORK COMMISSION Proyecto de Arte Público de Puerto Rico, Mural El Triunfo ARTIST STORY: Behind-the -Art La mágia del proceso   El Triunfo, 2004. Mural en mosaicos y concreto. Estación  El Deportivo de Bayamón, Tren Urbano de Puerto Rico. VIDEO (in situ) Estación Tren Urbano, El Deportivo de Bayamón, Puerto Rico Detalle Me entrené en la técnica del mosaico con el maestro y artista Lucio Orsoni, en la fabrica Orsoni en Venecia. En esta fabrica se manufacturon los mosaicos para este proyecto, de forma artesanal de una tradición de más de 200 años. Yo venía de hacer el Camino a Santiago (al norte de España) y en por el camino lo había dejado todo, literalmete. Cuando llegamos a Venecia, solamente traía la ropa que llevaba puesta. No tenía ropa apropiada para la reunión con Lucio Orsoni (Presidente de Orsoni Factory) a primera hora en la mañana, pues no hubo la oportunidad de ir de compras. Traía el dibujo del proyecto enrollado en mi mochila que llevé durante todo ...
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Las nymphs, 2005. Mosaic floor.

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Detail mosaic floor.. ART WORK COMMISSION   ARTIST STORY: Behind-the -Art El proceso de realización de los mosaicos, dónde se realizó, que materiales se utilizaron, cuanto tiempo tomo instalar los mosaicos "in situ",  como calcular el precio. La casa se había restaurado completamente y a la piscina le faltaba algo, un detalle personal. La dueña había adquirido la pintura Corazón vagina que formaba parte de la serie de la instalación Seducción = Poder, pinturas que se exhibieron el la Galeria Obras en el Viejo San Juan,  Puerto Rico en el 2005. La pintura Corazón vagina se instaló a la entrada de la casa en la pared de la entrada de 20 pies de altura. Corazón vagina, 2005. Acrílico sobre lienzo belga. Medidas 60" x 55", cables. Se comisionaron dos mosaicos para instalarse en la casa; un mosaico en cristales bizantinos para el fondo de la piscina y otro para una pared cercana en el patio. Se hicieron sesiónes de fo...
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Until death do us part, )1992). 10 years traveling installation history from 1994 to 2004

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Memorial dedicated to the deaths of 100 women murdered in Puerto Rico for domestic violence between 1990 to 1993. VIDEO  - click           Traveling h istory  exhibition:  5 countries in North and Central America, Europe and the Carbe 7 cities 9 museums and galleries in the world 1 ton of weight.  Currently on exhibition as part  of the permanent collection of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (MAPR). Exhibition in museums and art galleries:   Museo de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba; Ludwig Forum Museum, Aachen, Germany; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Museo de Arte y Diseño, San José, Costa Rica; Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY; Hostos Art Gallery, CUNY, Bronx, NY; John Jay Art Hall Gallery, New York City; Capitolio de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Raíces Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Description Artist: Anaida Hernández Installation of 100 painting wooden box 14 x 14 each Overall 7 feet (...
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Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Anaida Hernández, Código Secreto, 2004

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EXPOSICICÓN ANTOLÓGICA DE 10 AÑOS TRABAJO DEL 1994 al 2004 El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico presentó en marzo de 2004 la primera gran selección panorámica, de la 19 obra de la artista puertorriqueña Anaida, desde 1994 al 2014:  instalaciones, pinturas, esculturas, grabados, dibujos y videos documentales;  en lo que se considera uno de los reconocimientos más importante en su de carrera artística. Esta exposición se presentó inicialmente en Art Gallery, Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York, ensayo y   curada por Raina Lampkins - Filder. Hasta que la muerte nos separe, 1994. Vista en el MAPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico Esta instalación de pinturas y objectos se presentó en el Capitol de Puerto Rico,San Juan, PR; Galería Raises, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Bienal de la Habana, 2004, Cuba; Ludwing, Aachen, Alemania; Museo de Arte y Diseño de Costa Rica, San José, CR; Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY; desde el 2005 forma parte de la colección permanente de...
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New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC. Illegal Games/ Juegos Ilegales, 1999, Conjunto de 4 instalaciones dentro de un gran laberinto.

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ART WORK COMMISSION REVIEW by HENRY ESTRADA, Curator Illegal Games  is emblematic of Anaida Hernandez's commitment to the cause of  human rights . Throughout her artistic career, Hernandez's work has bridged boundaries of geography, class, ethnicity and gender by always inviting the public's participation.   Juegos Illegales, I.D.Yo-Yo ,  Detalle  1996-1999. New Musewm of Contemporary Art, New York City, 1999  Espejos, 200 yoyos en madera, acrílico, cordones elásticos, luces de neón. Medidas variable: 200 yoyos 3x3x3 pulgadas de diámetro ,  Anaida Hernández: Juegos Ilegales / Illegal games by Henry Estrada Curator New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC Enlace:  Ensayo (Inglés) por:  Henry Estrada:   Anaida Hernández: Juegos Ilegales / Illegal Games New Museum:  http://www.newmuseum.org/about/  Curadores:  Henry Estrada y Raina Lampkins - Filder, New Museum, New York City Published: J...
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RESIDENCIA DE ARTISTA: Grand Central Art Center, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, Los Angeles

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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE El viaje, 2000. Grand Central Press. Etching, shaped plates, edition of 30. Image size 22x 30, paper size 22x30 inches Project: Exhibition GCAC Gallery, Juegos Ilegales and print edition with James Lorigan Enlace:   Education: Artist-In-Residence Program Anaida Hernández Artist -in- Residence, 2000 By Mike McGee Curator Aniada Hernandez is a Puerto Rican artist who is currently living in Brooklyn, New York. Originally trained as printmaker, Hernandez has been working as a sculptor and installation artist for the past twenty years. Her work is often collaborative and community-based. In recent years, she has engaged such issues as immigration, domestic violence, human rights, and cultural dislocation. This print was published by Grand Central Press and produced by master printmaker James Lorigan at Watermark Printmaking in the Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Hernandez was the artist-in-residence at the center...
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RIZOMAS - HYBRID INSTALLATION, 2017

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NEW PROJECT AND WORK FROM ANAIDA WHERE IT COMBINES ART, FLORICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE ROOF GARDEN OF HER STUDIO IN SAN JUAN,  PUERTO RICO ON EXHIBITION WITHIN THE EXHIBITION JOSÉ ALICEA, MASTER WHO ENCARNA GRÁFICA Art Gallery, Liga de Arte de San Juan , San Juan, Puerto Rico RIZOMAS, 2018. Hybid living installation: wood relieve print on canvas, acrylic painting, burn borders, drawing on walls, living epiphytic plants and branches of Hurricane Maria. After a long carer as an interdisciplinary artist, Anaida returns to her roots by coming into contact with the earth as a amateur gardener, incorporating new creative forms by joining art, floriculture and the environment. On the roof of her studio, she begun  grew unusual and idyllic flowers, aerial plants (epiphytes which do not need soil to survive) for produce "living installations", plants tinctoreas to make her own paintings as raw material.  Anaida re-initiated the project, before the huraca...
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Museo de Arte Caribbean University (MACU), Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Anaida Hernández: Sentidos y engaños, 2010

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ARTIST -IN- RESIDENCE Teresa Tió, Ph.D. Curadora invitada El arte no es cosa de juego, pero puede ser un juego. Parece ser lo mismo, pero no lo es. Anaida Hernández, Artista Residente de Caribbean University, ha abordado en múltiples ocasiones el juego como punto de partida para analizar y tomar posición sobre asuntos que la sociedad relega a un segundo plano porque resultan incómodas, porque son reveladoras de nuestras apatías, de la realidad que todos conocemos, criticamos, pero pocas veces nos comprometemos a transformar. Anaida Hernández formula a través de su obra, propuestas para la transformación al involucrar al espectador en el proceso de mirar, ver y reconocer-se. Como si se tratara del método socrático, el arte ofrece la opción de descubrir aspectos éticos fundamentales. Confrontarnos con imágenes que son metáforas y símbolos de la justicia, el amor, el temor, la muerte, el miedo, la paz, la violencia, es una manera de hacernos conscientes y partícipes de lo...
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Until death do us part - Hasta que la muerte nos separe, 1992-1994. Traveling installation

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MUSEO de ARTE de PUERTO RICO (MAPR) From June 2019  Until death do us part - Hasta que la muerte nos separe, 1992-1994. Traveling installati on Memorial dedicated to the deaths of 100 femicide in Puerto Rico by their husbands, lovers or ex-spouses between 1990 to 1993. Anaida Hernandez is a pioneer in domestic violence issues, one of the artists in the Americas in developing a work around the theme ... represented through the fragmented female body -  Emilia Quiñones Otal - Specialized critic Journal of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Third Series, pag. 167 History exhibition : traveled to 5 countries in North and Central America, Europe and the Caribbean; 7 cities, 9 museums and galleries in the world; 1 ton of weight. Currently part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (MAPR), from may 2019 in exhibition MAPR. Museo de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba; Ludwig Forum Museum, Aachen, Alemania; Museo de Arte de Puerto ...
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NEW MUSEUM - Illegal Games , Anaida Hernández solo show.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES   ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1999: ART IMITATES LIFE; (Real) Games (Real)   People Play Published: January 24, 1999   “(Real) Games (Real) People Play” -   By John Glassie New York Times Magazine : JUEGOS ILEGALES,1998 -99 Entrada al laberinto Dados cargados I llegal Games, ID Yo-Yo Illegal Games, Wheel of fortune (American Dream) Immigration wasn't much of anissue in last fall's election, possibly because the Government has been cracking down so heavily on illegal aliens. In the two years since Congress passed tough new enforcement legislation, the Feds have deported 300,000 immigrants, twice as many as in the two years before. These days, coming to America illegally is a real crap shoot -- which is precisely the point of an interactive exhibition called ''Juegos Ilegales/​Illegal Games'' that opened Thursday at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in SoHo. Created by Anaida Hernandez, the casinolike in...
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