A Rose Is

Arakawa, And/Or in Profile No. 2, 1974. Acrylic, graphite and plastic rose, glass vase, wood and builder’s level on canvas, 77 1⁄2 x 107 x 6 1⁄2 inches

A Rose Is

Exhibition at the FLAG Art Foundation

FLAG Art Foundation
545 W 25th St #9
New York, NY 10001

On view from February 27, 2025  through June 21, 2025

Opening reception: Thursday, February 27, 6-8 PM

“The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to announce A Rose Is, an expansive group exhibition that examines the ubiquity and multivalent meaning of the rose throughout art history and visual culture. Across a wide array of media, including video, sculpture, painting, and text, the exhibition considers the rose in all of its symbolic and ritual complexity, ultimately seeking to complicate our familiarity with it as a vehicle for consumption and desire.”

Arakawa’s painting And/Or in Profile No. 2, 1974, will be presented alongside artists including Cy Twombly, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Lee Krasner, George Platt Lynes, and others. As the exhibition suggests, the literary and linguistic life of the rose is perceived within this juxtaposing piece. Please join us in defining what #ARoseIs.

For more information, https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/aroseis