SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW NYC

#SpringBreakArtShow #SecretShow

I think ‘Au Naturel’ is one of the best paintings I’ve ever made - when I finished it I was like I’m a genius, which is particularly hilarious because a few hours before that I was feeling the exact opposite. You know how that goes.

I’ll be showing this painting (and other paintings, drawings and a monoprint!) alongside the work of chris_lucius and paulgagner at booth 1143 in this year’s SPRING BREAK Art Show next week from Sept 8-13 in NYC.

The Dead Last’ is curated by libbyrosa and chris_lucius and features work that addresses the use of humor in the social acceptance of death.

There are so many amazing exhibitors this year at SPRING BREAK so please purchase your timed ticket at springbreakartshow.eventbrite.com. And FYI I will be gallery sitting all day on Friday the 10th so come say hi!

If you’re not in in NYC or you can’t make the show all the works are also available and visible online: https://springbreakartfair.com/collections/libby-rosa-2021

Briefly reflecting on this year, as much as it has been truly terrible in ways unimaginable for many, myself included, I can think of some moments to be grateful for. I met new friends and strengthened ties with old ones, got to see some incredible art in the short moments where I could leave my house…and for my #artpractice, one of my paintings was collected by the denverartmuseum, Broken Time Machines, essays and poems on my practice was published by minervaprojects, my work got to be on display at the katonahmuseum, springbreakartshow, untitledartfair, and jrinehartgallery and kcontemporaryart, among others, and fundraising for #reprojustice orgs (post forthcoming on that). While this year nearly killed me (literally), I cannot help but be so appreciative of all of you—I am not an artist who makes work that is meant to exist in isolation. I am so incredibly grateful for the care that viewers and collectors take with my work, which feels like an extension of the love and care I put into each work. Our present may have so much violence and loss, but each day we can collectively come together to imagine better futures and remember how intertwined our lives are—the pandemic, climate change, all of it reminds us that we are not islands in this life, our lives and legacies connect across space and time, and we do really need each other for survival. Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark underlines this, and this quote feel very applicable as this year ends: “Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth’s creatures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal…To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.” I hope you all stay safe and that next year lets us be kinder and gentler to ourselves and each other ❤️