Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers | Art & Artists
Through Feb 8
Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers | Art & Artists
When I See A Mountain I Want 2B A Stone, When I See Her Hand, I Want 2B A Bone, 2025
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“This new sculpture is made with collected trash and bottles found near my places of home: the Gila River Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation outside of Gallup, New Mexico. The remnants of addiction that weigh on my communities are placed in concrete and stacked with plants that represent the region as well as being medicinal and healing. It’s a kind of pillar or altar, an object that holds both joy and grief. Art making is spell making.”—GRP
When I See A Mountain I Want 2B A Stone, When I See Her Hand, I Want 2B A Bone, 2025
Installation view of Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 18, 2025–February 8, 2026). From left to right: Lets Go Back To That Magic Place That Only You and I Have Seen (Illuminations), 2023; When I See A Mountain I Want 2B A Stone, When I See Her Hand, I Want 2B A Bone, 2025; Like a Leaf Clings to a Tree, 2023; Disposition 2 Long Orange Finger Nails, 2024; Going Going, 2025. Artwork © Grace Rosario Perkins. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art