Jason Leith and I are curating a show----this Saturday!!---- at the Salvation Army Alegria in Los Angeles, through a project called Art & Shelter.
The location itself helps those affected by AIDS and HIV, providing immediate resources (food, medication, etc.) for them, as well as long-term resources (subsidized housing, chapel services, etc.). The most unique thing about the Salvation Army Alegria though is their program Art & Shelter---which believes strongly that everyone deserves to be exposed to art, and that you shouldn't just be providing for the bare needs of a person, but you should also be providing them with "excess". And the way they do that best is through consistently putting art on the walls of their facility, and having art openings!
So, that's what we're doing----putting on a show for Art & Shelter. The title of the show is "Left, Breathless." Here's our show statement, the thing that ties the five different artists works together:
"Left, Breathless is a collection of recent works by Jonathon Puls, Ashleigh Allard, Amber Johnson, Dan Callis, and Amy Scofield. The artists address the instances we find ourselves stripped of our shells and left naked. These works are about moments of sifting through the remains of deconstruction and confronting what is left.
With little context for the struggle, we find our faculties displaced and our vision impaired. We are left with a longing to move past the impasse, yet the struggle itself calls for us to move through. The selected works by these five artists address the moment we are Left, Breathless and insight is beyond our capacity. It is then, when our perception of the light has diminished, that we must resolve to take the next breath into reality, a future undeterminable and vague. Still, the vulnerable exposure in these moments holds the potential to restore sight and renew authenticity."
------Hope to see you at the show!
The Salvation Army Alegria
2737 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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