What was said to the rose
Push Projects is collaborating with Dominique Gallery to participate in Other Places Art Fair 2020. OPaf 2020 represents the growing movement of art spaces fluid in definition and bonded by an intention to operate in other places outside current contemporary art systems, and features over forty art project spaces from the United States and Mexico in a durational gathering and public forum taking place across multiple digital media platforms, apps, and in safe physical locations. In keeping with OPaf’s mission and ethos of operating outside of the traditional Art Fair system, this year's online iteration of OPaf presents an alternative to the current online viewing room-focused structure of experiencing art.
Molly Surno curated a selection of works representing the iconic imagery of the rose in an exhibit called What Was Said to the Rose. named after the first line of the infamous Rumi poem, this show deals with the personal and political implications of this 35 million year old flower. Inspired by the curator's relationship with her sister Rose and Angela Davis' million roses for liberation the exhibit is designed to honor the complicated beauty and power of the worlds most famous petals.