Tomorrow: The Searchers

courtesy Daniel Cooney Fine Art © Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher

Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher
The Searchers
Daniel Cooney Fine Art
511 West 25th Street #506
NYC, NY 10001
November 7 - December 23, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday November 7, 3-5 PM

Slide Fest- Places

From ICP:

The use of photography as a means to document the connections between an individual and a place is a guiding principal for five Russian-born photographers-Sasha Bezzubov, Stanislav Ginzburg, Yola Monakhov, Masha Sha, and Yyuliya Lanina- who now work in New York. Russians have always been noted for their strong and complex ties to the land of their birth. These artists address that legacy as well as their feelings for the new land they call home. In the pieces to be shown, artists will be seen working to find their place in a new world. Each artist's search inspires a new look that opens the viewer's horizon, whether within the specifics of geography or the relationship between the photographer and the subject. MODERATOR: Yulia Tikhonova, curator and writer

Slide Fest- Places
November 14 | Friday | 7:00–9:00 pm
School at ICP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas

The Searchers

Temple 1, 2008 © Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher

From Taylor De Cordoba:

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present The Searchers, the West coast debut of a new series of photographs by the collaborative team of Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher. The exhibition will run from November 1 – December 20, 2008. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artists on Saturday, November 1 from 6pm-8pm.

The Searchers is a series of large-scale photographs examining Western spiritual tourism in India. Bezzubov and Sucher investigate the magnetic pull of India’s rich religious history and the utopian communities that cater to Western seekers. While exploring yoga centers, meditation retreats and ashrams, the artists straddle the line between observers and participants. The project results in distinct groupings: spatially astounding interiors, bizarre landscapes, and portraits of those who simultaneously appear both lost and found. The connecting thread is the visual strangeness and cultural collisions inherent in this phenomenon. This series includes photographs taken at the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram in Nayyar Dam, Kerala.

Taylor De Cordoba is located at 2660 S La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles, CA and is open Tuesday thru Saturday, 11am-5:30pm. For additional information, please contact Heather Taylor at heather@taylordecordoba.com or (310) 559-9156.