A solo show by faculty member Kay Kenny at the Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY.
Into the Night in the Middle of Nowhere is an artist’s celebration of lonely corners of our rural landscapes. In a series of long exposures that capture the intense activity of the night sky, silhouettes of the darkened landscape are backdrops for the illuminated otherworldly events taking place below. Kenny places familiar objects and often herself – still or moving- in these nocturnal settings. With only the stars and moon for ambient light, she employs flashlights, car headlights and improvised devices to create the otherworldliness of her scenes.
Bio: Kay Kenny’s work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, the Buhl Collection, and Southern Alleghenies Museum, among others. She has exhibited widely in solo and group shows including: Dorsky Museum of Art, Ashville Museum of Art, Trenton Museum and the Griffin Museum of Photography. Kenny received 2009 Lucie Awards’ Honorable Mention in FineArts Photography and is a three-time recipient of NJSCA fellowship award. Recent publications include Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-Garde, by Lyle Rexer, Light & Lens, Photography in the Digital Age, & Photographic Possibilities by Robert Hirsch, She has taught photography for over twenty years at New York University and the International Center for Photography in New York City.