Romina Chuls Reimagines Ancient Nasca Textile in New York Solo Debut
La Cosecha (The Harvest), an installation featuring textiles and ceramics by Romina Chuls, a 2025-2026 A.I.R. Fellow, will be showcased at A.I.R. Gallery. This exhibition marks Chuls' debut solo show in New York City. The installation playfully reinterprets a Nasca textile from 100-300 C.E., discovered in the Peruvian coastal desert and currently housed in the Brooklyn Museum. This ancient piece illustrates Nasca agricultural practices, adorned with a knitted procession celebrating the harvest. Its imagery includes a hand grasping an unidentified plant, three female figures, recurring supernatural faces, a diverse crowd with protruding tongues, and enigmatic bean-like forms. The Nasca mantle, resembling a placenta, was found encasing a funerary bundle. Chuls' work offers a modern perspective on this historical iconography.
Key facts
- A.I.R. Gallery will present La Cosecha (The Harvest), a textile and ceramic installation by 2025-2026 A.I.R. Fellow Romina Chuls.
- This is Chuls' first solo exhibition in New York City.
- The installation is a playful interpretation of a Nasca textile dated 100-300 C.E.
- The Nasca textile was found in the Peruvian coastal desert and is currently in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
- The textile portrays Nasca agriculture, with a knitted procession celebrating the harvest decorating its border.
- The imagery includes a hand holding an unidentified plant, three figures characterized as women, repeated supernatural faces, a multi-species crowd sticking out their tongues, and bean-like shapes.
- The Nasca mantle resembles a placenta and was found wrapped around a funerary bundle.
- The exhibition is at A.I.R. Gallery, a feminist artist-run space in New York.
Entities
Artists
- Romina Chuls
Institutions
- A.I.R. Gallery
- Brooklyn Museum
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Peruvian coastal desert
- Peru