O HANAMI An exhibition of new photographs by Paul Kenny Chris Beetles Fine Photographs
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CHRIS BEETLES FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
presents
O HANAMI
An exhibition of new photographs by Paul Kenny
29 MAY-30 JUNE 2012
The exhibition is now viewable online at http://tinyurl.com/d3gjs7w
‘O Hanami’ is a Japanese festival that honours the brief, fleeting few days when cherry blossom covers the tree before being blown away by the wind. Inspired by a trip to Japan in which he saw this poetic veneration of nature first hand, Kenny returned to his home in Northumberland and began to work on a British ‘Hanami’, that celebrated the spring-time explosion of native flowers such as Blackthorn, Cow Parsley and Hogweed.
This work preceded a project that Kenny began during the harsh winter of 2010. Snowed in for weeks at a time, and itching to work, he began to forage for material in his garden, finding paper-thin pieces of wind-lashed Birch-bark, Ash keys, frozen pieces of Honesty, last summer’s bedding plants flattened by the heavy snow, and a myriad of other treasures. Embracing this new subject matter, Kenny began to photographically record the intricate details and charms that each piece revealed:
I sought out beauty and fragility in the scraps of gathered material, mindful of my concerns about the landscape
and the scars and marks left by man as the land is ordered and shaped, clipped and manicured.
As winter turned to spring, and Kenny continued the project to include the new life in his garden, he found that the two projects began to merge into a complete year-long survey. The result – O Hanami – is an astonishing body of work that celebrates the passing of the seasons, and celebrates the ephemeral beauty of British flora and fauna.
Paul Kenny was born on 16 July 1951 in Salford, Manchester. He studied Fine Art at Newcastle Polytechnic from 1972-1975, before embarking on a career as a photographer and lecturer. This is his second exhibition with Chris Beetles Fine Photographs.
Kenny’s work is intrinsically linked to the environment around his home in Northumberland, and reflects his concerns about its fragility, and man’s impact upon it. From a studio in his garden, Kenny takes seemingly banal material found in the surrounding countryside and, using unusual and inventive photographic techniques, teases out its hidden beauty.
A fully illustrated, 46 page catalogue is for sale at the gallery priced at £10.
CHRIS BEETLES FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
3-5 Swallow St
London
W1B 4DE
020 7434 4319
gallery@chrisbeetles.com
www.chrisbeetlesfinephotographs.com
www.twitter.com/CBFINEPHOTOS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Beetles-Fine-Photographs/114371645295618
Edward OliveAward winning international destination wedding photographer in Madrid Barcelona Spain & Europe+34 605610767edwardolive@hotmail.com http://www.edwardolive.info/
CHRIS BEETLES FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
presents
O HANAMI
An exhibition of new photographs by Paul Kenny
29 MAY-30 JUNE 2012
The exhibition is now viewable online at http://tinyurl.com/d3gjs7w
‘O Hanami’ is a Japanese festival that honours the brief, fleeting few days when cherry blossom covers the tree before being blown away by the wind. Inspired by a trip to Japan in which he saw this poetic veneration of nature first hand, Kenny returned to his home in Northumberland and began to work on a British ‘Hanami’, that celebrated the spring-time explosion of native flowers such as Blackthorn, Cow Parsley and Hogweed.
This work preceded a project that Kenny began during the harsh winter of 2010. Snowed in for weeks at a time, and itching to work, he began to forage for material in his garden, finding paper-thin pieces of wind-lashed Birch-bark, Ash keys, frozen pieces of Honesty, last summer’s bedding plants flattened by the heavy snow, and a myriad of other treasures. Embracing this new subject matter, Kenny began to photographically record the intricate details and charms that each piece revealed:
I sought out beauty and fragility in the scraps of gathered material, mindful of my concerns about the landscape
and the scars and marks left by man as the land is ordered and shaped, clipped and manicured.
As winter turned to spring, and Kenny continued the project to include the new life in his garden, he found that the two projects began to merge into a complete year-long survey. The result – O Hanami – is an astonishing body of work that celebrates the passing of the seasons, and celebrates the ephemeral beauty of British flora and fauna.
Paul Kenny was born on 16 July 1951 in Salford, Manchester. He studied Fine Art at Newcastle Polytechnic from 1972-1975, before embarking on a career as a photographer and lecturer. This is his second exhibition with Chris Beetles Fine Photographs.
Kenny’s work is intrinsically linked to the environment around his home in Northumberland, and reflects his concerns about its fragility, and man’s impact upon it. From a studio in his garden, Kenny takes seemingly banal material found in the surrounding countryside and, using unusual and inventive photographic techniques, teases out its hidden beauty.
A fully illustrated, 46 page catalogue is for sale at the gallery priced at £10.
CHRIS BEETLES FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
3-5 Swallow St
London
W1B 4DE
020 7434 4319
gallery@chrisbeetles.com
www.chrisbeetlesfinephotographs.com
www.twitter.com/CBFINEPHOTOS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Beetles-Fine-Photographs/114371645295618
Edward OliveAward winning international destination wedding photographer in Madrid Barcelona Spain & Europe+34 605610767edwardolive@hotmail.com http://www.edwardolive.info/
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