anaida hernández

The Wheel of Fortune (American Dream), on display as part of the exhibition, Ida y Vuelta: Experiencias de la migración en el arte puertorriqueño contemporáneo at the Hunter College East Harlem Gallery. La rueda de la fortuna was part of Hernández solo exhibition at the New Museum, Illegal Games (1999). "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 r...

Wheel of Fortune (American Dream), 1999 by Anaida Hernández. Mixed-media interactive installation. Wood, acrylic paint, steel, fabric. Variable dimentions; wheel: f d (1.4m). table top: 6 x2 f x 2 1n (1.8m x 60 x x cm.) View at the Taller Puertorriqueṅo, Filadelfia, USA.   Link: https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/ida-y-vuelta-anaida-hernandez-artists-talk LOCATION:  The Silberman School of Social Work COST:  Free April 1    1:00 pm  –  2:30 pm  J oin Anaida Hernández as she explores her work, La rueda de la fortuna – el sueño americano (1999), on display as part of the exhibition, Ida y Vuelta: Experiencias de la migración en el arte puertorriqueño contemporáneo at the Hunter College East Harlem Gallery. La rueda de la fortuna was part of Hernández solo exhibition at the New Museum, Illegal Games (1999). The exhibit, whose name translates to Arrivals and Departures: Migration Experiences in Contemporary Puerto Rican Art, is curated by Laura B...