anaida hernández

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...

ANAIDA HERNÁNDEZ  Anaida Hernandez is a contemporary multimedia artist. Primary medium sculpture and painting.  Born and raised in Puerto Rico,                  Anaida's work is characterized by addressing human rights issues: femi cide, migration, environment, identity and coloniality.  Anaida Hernández's research-based practice investigates the intersections of history, material culture and politics through a wide range of media that include painting, sculpture, printmaking, installations and documentaries, among others. Anaida is  considered by art critics as one of the pioneers in addressing the issue of violence  against women  in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American art. 1 Until death do us part, 1994,   is a memorial installation, an icon of Hernández's work where the artist reminds us of the femicides in Puerto Rico, when Law 54 on Domestic Violence was signed in 1989.  Anaida cons...