rossana martinez

I hope you all survived last week. So many openings, so many people. I couldn’t really look at the work during the openings. I will go back to the galleries to take a closer look very soon. My head is still spinning – and it doesn’t look like it is going to stop spinning this month!

I can’t believe all this is happening, but I am participating in the exhibition, All is well that begins well and has no end on view at NYU’s 80WSE Galleries. The exhibition “hopes to create a dialogue about abstraction today by being presented alongside the exhibition, The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, on view at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery from September 12 to December 8″. I am excited to be part of this exhibition. I am also happy to have the opportunity to invite all my NYU friends and colleagues to be part of the work.

For the exhibition, I created Capturing Minds, a performance and installation in one of the gallery windows. In Capturing Minds, I invite viewers to participate by selecting color balloons of their preference and blow them up as much as they want. I like to compare it to the experience of making a wish and throwing a coin in a fountain.

If you are around Washington Square Park, please feel free to stop by the gallery and add a balloon (wish) to the installation. If you have kids, please bring them to enjoy the experience. I absolutely love to see kids responding to my work. I believe they are honest art critics. If they don’t like a work, they simply don’t respond to it. And I hope all your wishes come true!

All is well that begins well and has no end
Curated by Jan Van Woensel, Ernesto Burgos, and Jonah Groeneboer
On view September 12-October 31
Opening: Tuesday, September 11, 6-8pm
NYU, 80WSE Galleries, New York, NY

Artists: Chelsea Beck, Ernesto Burgos, Chris Duncan, Satoru Eguchi, Dave Eppley, Nick Ervinck, Andres Ferrandis, Jonah Groeneboer, Lynne Harlow, Michelle Hinebrook, Clemens Hollerer, the collaborative group Inverted Topology, Xylor Jane, Pepe Mar, Rossana Martinez, and Gean Moreno.

Photo of super cute assistant helping me with the installation yesterday.