Join acclaimed photographer Brent Stirton at Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon
from 4-8pm Saturday May 9th for an artist talk and the opening of his
exhibition 'The Last Gorillas of the Congo', curated by Jamie Wellford.
The mountain gorillas of the Virunga National Park live surrounded by
violence. Heavily armed soldiers of guerilla warfare, poachers, illegal
charcoal makers, all roam the forest poised to destroy what gets in
their way. Still a village and the world were outraged when a family of
the gentle primates was murdered in cold blood in July 2007. Just over
200 of the extremely rare mountain gorillas, of which there are only 680
in the world, live in the Democratic Republic of Congo, virtually the
epicenter of humanitarian crisis and civil wars that have left almost 6
million people dead in the last 15 years. Last autumn a peace treaty was
signed, and rangers discovered 5 babies gorillas have been born.
The non-profit charity Fovea Exhibitions will host Stirton's
internationally award-winning photo essay through August, documenting
the story of the tragedy and the renewal of some of the last mountain
gorillas on the planet. The reception will celebrate both Fovea's second
year anniversary and the 2009 Year of the Gorilla.
Exhibit Dates: May 9 - August 2, 2009
Open Friday through Sunday, noon - 6pm
143 Main Street, Beacon, New York (845) 765.2199
http://www.foveaexhibitions.org/
