Grace Rosario Perkins Exhibition Poster

This Whitney Shop exclusive poster was produced on the occasion of Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers, an exhibition bringing together nine recent paintings and a large-scale sculpture by Grace Rosario Perkins (b. 1986; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Akimel O’odham/Diné). It features Perkins' Cheii Knew We Were in The White World (2022): “This is the earliest work in the exhibition. It was made in honor of my grandfather (Cheii in Diné) and is about transformation. I’ve lost him and other family members in the photo, and with life and loss comes familial healing and responsibility. This painting was the first time I used found materials: a simple necklace reads ‘GIRLS.’ It honors myself, my sisters, my cousins, my girlfriends and how we protect and love one another in this white world.”—GRP The title of the exhibition describes petroglyphs that connect the artist’s family to her tribal homelands in the southwestern United States, including the vital, yet threatened, waters of the Gila Riv