page_title: Jason Villegas
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caption_attribution_description: Jason Villegas at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
context_page_description: Jason Villegas is currently a New York City based contemporary artist. He has exhibited across the United States and internationally. Villegas' work utilizes a wide spectrum of mediums including sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, textile, video and performance. He has created his own artistic realm and visual language in which to explore concepts such as globalism, evolution, sexuality, cosmology, and consumerism. Motifs in Villegas' artworks include fashion logos, animal hybrids, weaponry, sales banners, clothing piles, anuses, cosmic debris, taxidermy, bear men, amorphous beasts, religious iconography, and party scenarios.
context_section_description: Jason Villegas (born August 16, 1977 in Houston, TX) is currently a New York City based contemporary artist.  He has exhibited across the United States and internationally.  Villegas' work utilizes a wide spectrum of mediums including sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, textile, video and performance.  He has created his own artistic realm and visual language in which to explore concepts such as globalism, evolution, sexuality, cosmology, and consumerism.  Motifs in Villegas' artworks include fashion logos, animal hybrids, weaponry, sales banners, clothing piles, anuses, cosmic debris, taxidermy, bear men, amorphous beasts, religious iconography, and party scenarios.
caption: Jason Villegas at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
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