Nicolás
Estévez
presented another performance in a series
of pilgrimages that reversed the relationship between art and
religion, modeling his piece after the Catholic El Camino de
Compostela in Spain, where devotees travel to the tomb of St
James.
In this performance, Estévez traveled from Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council to the Jersey City Museum, stopping at educational/cultural
sites in the Garden State; including an all-boy’s Catholic
School to introduce the subject of performance art and to give
a brief slide presentation on the three journeys that he has
previously undertaken.
This time Estévez wore an Yves
Klein blue chasuble and carried a soft cover edition of Goldberg´s
Performance Art: from Futurism to From the Present under his
arm. The pilgrimage concluded at the Museum with Marion Grzesiak,
Executive Director, recording her signature in Estévez's
passport, followed by a slide account of previous journeys.
Departing blessing was performed by Curator Sara Reisman.
A component of Estevez’ project consists of a handmade
devotional guide created at the Center for Book Arts in collaboration
with artists Ana Cordeiro and Amber McMillan. The guide will
be on exhibition as part as The Only Book, curated by Sara
Reisman at the Center for Book Arts, January 20 - April 1,
2006.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and Franklin
Furnace are proud to partner on Estévez’s
two-year performance series For Art’s Sake. Several
torturous pilgrimages enacted by Estévez were conceived
as a part of the Workspace:
120 Broadway Residency Program and the Franklin Furnace
Fund for Performance Art.
