the nesting project
a group installation
Jivamukti Cafe at the Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd floor
December 2009, deadline extended January 15 2010
Inspired by the teachings of David Life and Sharon Gannon, we come together as a community to enrich the creative culture by yoking it with the force of spiritual activism to make a difference in the lives of others.
Artists explore this concept by creating nests similar to the way birds gather objects to build a home. The nests will be on silent auction until January 14, 2010 to raise funds to build actual homes for those animals and humans displaced.
All proceeds will go to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY in Sri Lanka, to aid families without homes still from the Tsunami in 2004, and those living in relief camps in the wake of the Sri Lankan civil war and the NY Audubon, a grassroots community interested in the preservation of wild birds and their habitats in the five boroughs of Manhattan.
Biography- Originally from Puerto Rico, José Villalón has been painting and collaging for over twelve years. With a body of work that ranges from drawing to abstract painting to innovative collage, José’s art builds an unusual visual bridge for the viewer to step into a world of a deep aesthetic of color and symbol. For the last year, José has been member of The Six Betweens art collective. His piece ‘Myth’ will be widely seen as the cover for the New York Quarterly poetry magazine’s 68th issue in 2010. The artist currently lives and works in Harlem. Please visit him at www.josevillalon.com Learn about The Six Betweens at www.thesixbetweens.com
AT HOME, About The Work- For the occasion of The Nesting Project, José has donated a series of three drawings entitled ‘At Home’. These are part of a much wider series of drawings completed in the span of about a year. “Through these drawings I attempt to convey and create my personal concept of “home”, and simultaneously explore the consciousness and feelings that are born from inhabiting that home space in a creative state of mind, solitary and reflective. The invaluable intimacy and creativity born from the feeling of being at home can be seen in all of nature as it contracts and expands, explodes and implodes, in chaos and order toward a comfort zone.”
All drawings 5″ x 7″ India Ink on Paper
AT HOME, Value & Bid Starting Price (framed)- $375 / $120
