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