Opening reception:
Friday, September 23rd
6-8pm
About the work:
This is a selection from a series that John made on the Gowanus Canal in 2009. During this time, many commercially zoned sites and structures were in the process of being rezoned for residence. These oil slicks represent this neighborhood’s ever-present connection to its rich and unregulated industrial history that spanned over a century. In 2010, the Gowanus Canal was added to the EPA’s Superfund National Priorities List and a thorough cleanup in now underway.
About the artist:
John Cyr (b. 1981) is a Brooklyn based photographer, printer and educator. In 2010, Cyr received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 2011, he was the recipient of the New York Photo Award in the Fine Art Series category and was juror Anthony Bannon’s selection for the Project Prize in the Daylight/Center for Documentary Studies Photo Awards. Cyr's work has been published in PHOTO+ Magazine, Rizzoli's New York: A Photographer's City, and Humble Arts Foundation's Collector's Guide to New Art Photography and can be found in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the George Eastman House and the American Museum of Natural History. His work has been featured in Time’s Lightbox, NPR's The Picture Show, Wired's Raw File, PDN's Photo of the Day, and aCurator. Cyr is an adjunct faculty member at the International Center of Photography. In addition to working on his own photographic projects and teaching, he owns and operates Silver 68, a traditional silver gelatin printing studio in Dumbo, Brooklyn’s Photo District.
on view through October
Also on view:
Original Works by Trunk designers
Linoleum prints by Michelle Han
Photo collages by Faune Yerby
TRUNK
68 Jay Street (Front & Water)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 522 6488
info@trunkbrooklyn.com
www.trunkbrooklyn.com
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