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Taína H. Cruz (she/her)

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Taína H. Cruz conceived this drawing especially for this curved wall. She practiced the image repeatedly in her studio to form a kind of muscle memory and then made the drawing on site. Much of Cruz’s work is inspired by the directness of graffiti and the mix of exhilaration and fear that she associates with growing up in New York. 

Cruz’s painting, I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back (2025), is installed as a billboard at the corner of Gansevoort Street and Washington Avenue. 

Taína H. Cruz concibió este dibujo especialmente para esta pared curva. Practicó la imagen muchas veces en su estudio para forjar una especie de memoria muscular antes de crearlo en este espacio. Gran parte de la obra de Cruz se inspira en la franqueza del grafiti y en una mezcla de euforia y miedo que la artista relaciona con haber crecido en Nueva York. 

La pintura de Cruz, Vi al futuro y me devolvió la sonrisa (2025) está instalada en un cartel publicitario en la esquina de Gansevoort Street y Washington Avenue.

A Wall That Plays Along, 2026

Large black line drawing of a hunched woman in a dress and high heels on a curved gallery wall.
Large black line drawing of a hunched woman in a dress and high heels on a curved gallery wall.
Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, March 8–August 2026). From left to right: Taína H. Cruz, A Wall That Plays Along, 2026; Gabriela Ruiz, Homo Machina, 2026. Photograph by Jason Lowrie/BFA.com. © BFA 2026
 

 

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