HUNGRY GHOSTS

July 7th - August 6th 2007

Private View July 21 2007

Van Brunt Gallery

460 Main Street

Beacon NY 12508

Ph 845 838 2995

www.vanbruntgallery.com

The Van Brunt Gallery is proud to present Hungry Ghosts, an exhibition of groundbreaking, beautifully manipulated photographic images on canvas by the contemporary artist, David Barratt. The exhibition opens July 7 2007 .

In the Buddhist tradition, Hungry Ghosts are the spirits of greedy humans, who in the afterlife are forced to walk the earth with tiny mouths and huge empty stomachs forever unable to satisfy their desires. Barratt saw the flowering of a thousand skyscrapers across Asian city skylines as the new Hungry Ghosts, manufacturing endless desire which can never be fulfilled. He explores this modern manifestation of the ancient tradition in his series of digitally remixed photographs of the Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, New York & London skylines. Rich in color and grand in scale, the work shows the cityscape in a new light.

Barratt has also composed a series of musical works, exploring the thematic of the Hungry Ghost myth, as part of the gallery installation. The work takes traditional Malay, Chinese, Thai and Indian melodies, and combines them with powerful modern rhythms.

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Hungry Ghost series has been shown in Bangkok, Singapore and London.

Originally from London Barratt worked New York music scene till 2004, writing jingles for commercial TV, film and underground New York fashion shows. He has written for everybody from the Sci Fi Channel to Coca Cola. He has also been DJ-ing the New York club circuit for years, and releasing his own music through various indie labels including 3 albums under the pseudonym "Yellow Note" and the critically acclaimed "Walking Down Memory Gap Lane" as Dubchek.

As a producer/ re-mixer/ songwriter, Barratt has worked with Robert Plant, David Bowie, Family Stand and Jeffery Osbourne, securing one platinum and two gold records. His music has been featured in the motion pictures Two Guys and a Girl, Forces Of Nature, Pretty Woman, Bedazzled and Sister Act.

His audio sculpture Karito (www.karito.org) premiers at the United Nations in Summer 2008

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460 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508, US