The Bass Walgreens Windows presents Nicole Salcedo’s ‘Wandering Waves’

Wednesday, July 8th experience Miami-based artist Nicole Salcedo’s ‘Wandering Waves‘, 2020 installation on view in The Bass Walgreens Window Project Space, located at 23rd Street and Collins Avenue. This installation is on view from July 8 – December 13, 2020.

Nicole Salcedo’s methodical, yet intuitive mark-making visualizes amorphous concepts like cosmic energy, one’s inherent connectedness to Nature and the oscillation of Universal forces. Salcedo’s art takes form in rhythmic and organic lines on paper or cloth that conjure real and imagined landscapes, and often include figures that represent an androgenized spirit of Nature. Charting the wavelengths of invisible energy pulsing through the world, these works can resemble microcosms and ecosystems of life.

Salcedo makes visible unseen networks—akin to root systems—that connect human beings to all life forms. Global events like pandemics often illuminate the existence and necessity of these invisible relationships, revealing a sense of natural entanglement between human beings, landscapes, bodies of water and even the stars. Wandering Waves is an invitation to contemplate humanity’s relationship to this spirit of entanglement. The ink-marked tapestry is a recording of this sense of connectivity, a wandering into a subtle trance, using brushes, twigs, pinecones and other plant-derived objects as materials for mark making. Image: Wandering Waves, 2020. Sumi ink on cotton fabric and acetate, dimensions variable.

The Walgreens Windows project space is graciously funded by Walgreens, in partnership with The Bass. Featuring emerging and local artists on a rotating basis, this collaboration furthers The Bass’ mission to share the power of contemporary art through experiences that excite, challenge and educate. The space is located in the storefront windows of the Walgreens located at 23rd Street and Collins Avenue.