Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers | Art & Artists
Through Feb 8
Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers | Art & Artists
Lets Go Back To That Magic Place That Only You and I Have Seen (Illuminations), 2023
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“The flower, star, and sun shapes are based on petroglyphs from my dad’s reservation. They feel like anchors able to hold a lot of information. For a few years I’ve been working with things from my life’s archive. Here, parts of paintings from children I taught, transparencies from my performances in San Francisco, found notes, and a childhood photo of me with Santa Claus. I tagged ‘Illuminations’ with the same cursive font used on my copy of Arthur Rimbaud’s poetry collection.”—GRP
Lets Go Back To That Magic Place That Only You and I Have Seen (Illuminations), 2023
Installation view of Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 18, 2025–February 8, 2026). Lets Go Back To That Magic Place That Only You and I Have Seen (Illuminations), 2023. Artwork © Grace Rosario Perkins. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art