Garden of Eve

Building on past exhibitions, Garden of Eve brings together previously shown and never before seen works to tell the story of creation through the eyes of women and Orishas, deities of the African Diaspora. Central to the exhibition is Rosales’ reinterpretation of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, an installation spanning five years of her work. Looking up, one sees the concave interior of an upturned slave ship, completed with Rosales’ vision of the genesis of Earth, its people, and the histories of their lives. In bringing together old and new works, Garden of Eve represents a culmination of Rosales’ oeuvre, which aims to elevate untold stories and call into question the narratives we have been told time and time again.