- Helene Aylon
Helene Aylon (born 1931 in
New York ) is an Americanartist andecofeminist known for taking Hebrew and English versions of theTorah and turning them into installationsculpture . Her work is the product of her Orthodox Jewish background. Ms. Aylon is also known for her work as an Actual Artist, most notably for her exhibition of works made with linseed oil, migrating into patterns on the brown paper backing of Plexiglass and linseed oil poured onto canvas, in puddles, allowed to form a "skin" then turned vertical, breaking the skin. The work was included in exhibitions at Shakespeare's Fvlcrvm in SoHo, NYC & in a show called "Time will Tell" at Squibb International, Princeton NJ. Her work was reviewed in the New York Times, "Too Jewish? Helene Aylon" by Michael Kimmerman, 3/8/1996. She was raised inBrooklyn 'sBorough Park and became the wife of arabbi while still in her teens. In her anti-nuclear war work--the Earth Ambulance--she gathered soil from strategic air command bases across the country into pillowcases ("sacs") and transported them to the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament in 1982. The Earth Ambulance is a permanent installation at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, in Peekskill, New York. In her ongoing work called "Bridge of Knots," she has covered the facades of museums with knotted pillowcases scripted with dreams and nightmares about war--including the Knoxville Museum in 1993, Berkeley Museum in 1995, and American University Museum, Washington, DC in 2006. Helene is an ethical vegetarian and advisory board member of 'Feminists For Animal Rights'.Aylon's daughter is the
drama therapy pioneer and expertRenée Emunah .External links
* [http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/galut/aylon.htm Helene Aylon]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n12_v83/ai_17860764 Helene Aylon at the University Art Museum - Berkeley, California]
* [http://www.jwa.org/feminism/?id=JWA002 Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution] from the [http://www.jwa.org Jewish Women's Archive]
* [http://www.hvcca.com/HeleneAylon.html Earth Ambulance at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art]
* [http://art_at_thekatzen.typepad.com/art_thekatzen/atom.xml Helene Aylon at Art at the Katzen]
*worldcat id|lccn-no2003-71002
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