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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

To Let the Sky Know/Dejar que el cielo sepa

Ana Maria Hernando, To Let the Sky Know/ Dejar que el cielo sepa, 2024.

Jan 16 – Mar 17, 2024
11 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010, United States

Walking through Madison Square Park this winter, you may wonder about the story behind the colorful tulle installation. Luckily, we have some answers. Continuing her ongoing exploration of femininity, craft, and community, the Argentinian artist Ana María Hernando is letting her sculptures interact with nature. Born into a family of female textile workers, Hernando meditates on the tradition of women getting together to work on their craft. Taking inspiration from this ritual, she has invited women—such as nuns from Buenos Aires—to collaborate with her. Hernando uses tulle as a sculptural medium, and means to challenge the cliché that it is a fragile and therefore feminine material. Her “work is poetic and magical,” said Karl Kister, the former president of MCA Denver, in 2015, “And who doesn’t want to believe in magic?” —Jeanne Malle