Exhibition
On view through August 31, 2018
at Aaron Rezny 76 Prince Street Studios in Kingston, NY
CPW is pleased to present a collaborative exhibition featuring photographer Kenro Izu. The exhibition is being held at the newly inaugurated Aaron Rezny 76 Prince Street Studios in Kingston, NY and celebrates this important Hudson Valley photographer and his Sacred Places series. Izu has traveled to countries such as Egypt, Syria, Jordan, England, Scotland, Mexico, France and Easter Island (Chile), carrying his heavy view camera equipment to make his stunning images. He contact-prints the negatives of his careful compositions as platinum palladium prints, revealing extraordinary detail and tonal range that only the original print can do justice. Internationally renown, Izu has shown his photographs in countless world class museums. Seeing his photographs in person, rather within the limitations of a computer, is a treat that should not be passed up.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Kenro Izu (b. 1949) was born in Osaka, Japan. He studied at Nippon University and moved to New York in the 1970s. Once there, Izu built a career specialized in still life photography, both commercial and fine art. In 1979, Izu made his first trip to Egypt, which inspired him to begin his series Sacred Places, an exploration that is still in progress. Work on this series have taken Izu to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, England, Scotland, Mexico, France and Easter Island (Chile). More recently, he has focused on Buddhist and Hindu monuments in South East Asia: Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia, Vietnam and, most recently Bhutan and India.
Izu’s work has been exhibited in numerous museums including the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Smithsonian Institution, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Peabody/Essex Museum, Museum of Photographic Art, Rubin Museum of Art, among others. He has published several books of his work including: Sacred Places, Kenro Izu Still Life, Passage to Angkor, and Eternal Light.
In 1985, after a several visit to Cambodia to photograph the Angkor Wat, Izu decided to build and operate a free pediatric hospital, and founded a not-for-profit organization, Friends Without A Border, to help children of Cambodia who suffer from lack of medical facilities and severe poverty. The Angkor Hospital for Children, which opened in 1999 in Siem Reap , Cambodia is now an official medical education center.
Izu has been the recipient of the Catskill Center for Photography Fellowship in 1992, a NEA grant in 1984, the New York Foundation for Arts grant in 1985, the Lou Stouman Award in 1999, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001, the Vision Award from the Center for Photography at Woodstock in 2005 and a Lucie Award in 2007.
This exhibition is part of a fundraiser to raise money for CPW’s artist programs. The fundraiser included an exhibition reception on December 16, 2017, the sale of special edition prints, a lecture and more. Rehabilitating an existing building, Aaron Rezny has created a state-of-the-art studio, sophisticated office and event space, and beautiful gallery at the heart of Kingston. Come see what the buzz is about and see the space as well as the exhibition. By appointment only. To visit the exhibition, please contact the Aaron Rezny Studio at (212) 691-1894.
Kenro Izu, Hampi No. 15, India, 1996
Proceeds from the special edition benefit CPW’s artist programs, including exhibitions that on average draw an audience of 10,000 or more, the renowned artist-in-residence program, workshops, workspaces, lecture series and more. CPW is a vital hub for dialogue and discovery in photography and related media, bringing together a diverse array of artists and a vibrant community with a strong artistic tradition. Through its programs, CPW fosters opportunities to create and explore photography, and celebrate its role in contemporary culture.
Kenro Izu, Ayutthaya No. 36, Thailand, 1998
ABOUT THE SPECIAL PRINT EDITION:
Kenro Izo has generously made two prints available as a special edition to support CPW’s programs. The two images Ayutthaya No. 36, Thailand, 1998 and Hampi No. 15, India, 1996 speak to the timeless beauty of ancient Asian culture. The photographs are beautifully printed archivally in an edition of 50. The image size is 8 x 11-1/2″ on 11 x 14″ paper. The edition sells at a greatly discounted price of $250 per print. The images can be purchased at 76 Prince Street Studios or at CPW during gallery hours, or any time from CPW’s online store (Hampi and Ayutthaya).
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ABOUT AARON REZNY 76 PRINCE STREET STUDIOS:
For more than twenty years, Aaron Rezny has combined his talent and intense passion for food and still-life photography into an unparalleled collaborative experience with his clientele. Specializing in crisp, detailed lighting. and eminently edible appetite-appeal, his photographs have consistently surpassed the expectations of world-class editorial, advertising. and corporate clients. Rezny’s personal project, Eating Delancey, a series of images that represent the flavors of his youth in New York City, has been exhibited across the country and was expanded into a book by the same name. The publication includes images from the series, as well as personal food and neighborhood remembrances by major writers and other celebrities, namely, Joan Rivers, Milton Glaser and Lou Reed. Other fine-art projects include the series Candyland, Gameshow, Obsolete, and more.
THANK YOU!! Our event sponsors are amazing. Our warmest thanks to Howard Greenberg Gallery, Kenro Izu, Aaron Rezny 76 Prince Street Studios, Abbe Does It and Herzog’s Home & Paint. Additional raffle sponsors include Birch Body Care Kingston, Boitson’s, Cheri Voss Hair, Courtyard by Marriott Kingston, Eyeist, Garden Cafe, Jack Studio Rentals, John Carroll Healer, Lily Pickford, Monkey Joe Roasting Company, Naturopath Vital Health, Phase One, SQ – Travel By Design LLC, Stone Soup Food Company, Woodstock Framing Gallery, and Woodstock Golf Club. Thank you so much for your contributions to the event, the raffle and other support.
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