N.A.S.A.L. returns to NADA New York with a solo presentation of Armando Rosales, Some Nested Findings.
Armando Rosales is a Mexico City–based sculptor and percussionist. He studied Graphic Design at the University of Zulia (2010), completed the Soma program in Mexico City (2016), and later joined the Art & Law Program at AAP Cornell in New York (2019). His work is included in the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection and in private collections across Venezuela, France, the United States, Spain, and Mexico. Recent exhibitions include Masa de Avance at N.A.S.A.L. (Mexico City) and I Wouldn’t Be Here Without You at Westwerk (Hamburg), alongside participation in group shows at TEA Tenerife and the Tamayo Museum. Rosales is currently developing research on artist residencies as systems of transplantation and exchange, initiated in Hamburg in 2022 and continuing through fellowships at the Bemis Center (2024) and Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (2024).
Armando Rosales-Rivero presents a collection of sculptures exploring the interplay between restoration and inflammation, pushing the boundaries of identity after nearly a decade away from his homeland. Rosales’s artistic practice navigates between the realms of reason and intuition, employing them as instruments to interrogate the complex interplay among the personal, the institutional, and the political. Some Nested Findings is an essay delving into the potential encounters between objects displaced from their original functions, pondering the notion of belonging despite the weight of their narratives—a dynamic process of reconfiguration with an uncertain destination, focusing on (re)assembly to transition into a new realm of significance. This body of work centers on sculptures that mix his extended textile techniques with metal, plastic, and porcelain, pushing the manifestation of symptoms into material forms, probing whether the impulse to reconstruct stems from political influences or natural forces. His creations speculate on the intricacies of societal norms that influence our actions within specific environments, and how these dynamics intersect with the human body’s capacity for understanding and adaptation. Scattered clues appear among the bent and inflamed shapes, merging and separating, occasionally regenerating or undergoing transplants. They bear witness to various impacts, with gaps filled and remnants projecting forward from fragments of the past. The narrative remains unresolved, perpetuating a ritual of continuity in the wake of displacement.