Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other.

This summer, the New Museum in New York shows the work of Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander. The exhibition will put a spotlight on the artist's unique contribution to the narrative of Brazilian conceptualism and reveal her wide-ranging, interdisciplinary practice, that merges painting, photography, film, sculpture, installation, collaborative actions and participatory events.

Three installations in A Day Like Any Other will involve direct visitor participation. Like, I Wish Your Wish, for example. For this installation hundreds of similar ribbons will be printed with visitors' wishes from past projects, and will hang from the gallery walls. Everyone who passes by will be invited to remove a ribbon, tie it to their wrist, and replace it with a new wish written on a peace of paper, continuing the project that keeps generating new ribbons and dreams.

In addition to these participatory actions there are also a few major installations and several new paintings, like After the Storm, made with maps of New York counties exposed to a lot of rain, and Involuntary Sculptures, sculptures made by customers during conversations at bars and restaurants near Neuenschwander's home in Brazil.

For her exhibition opening, Rivane Neuenschwander will discuss her work with Richard Flood in the theatre at the New Museum on Thursday, June 24th, at 7.00 PM.

Rivane Neuenschwander, A Day Like Any Other
June 23rd till September 19th, 2010
New Museum , New York

Written for BLEND.