TAOS ARTISTS & NEWLYWEDS OPEN STUDIO AND EXHIBIT SPACE WITH THEIR HONEYMOON ALBUM: Impressions from Baja California

Taos, New Mexico-August 18, 2003-The grand opening of the Aloni Reznik Studio will be on August 30, 2003, from 5--7 p.m. at 316 Burch Avenue in Taos, NM. This celebration will showcase acclaimed artists embroiderer Mical Aloni and her husband, fine arts photographer Assaf Reznik. The event will be hosted live on KTAO 101.9FM and there will be music, tacos, and margaritas. Contact: Mical Aloni or Assaf Reznik 505-758-7850 http://www.reznikfineart.com/alonireznikstudio.

Taos, New Mexico - August 18, 2003 - The grand opening of the Aloni Reznik Studio will be on August 30, 2003, from 5--7 p.m. at 316 Burch Avenue in Taos, NM. This celebration will showcase acclaimed artists embroiderer Mical Aloni and her husband, fine arts photographer Assaf Reznik. The event will be hosted live on KTAO 101.9FM and there will be music, tacos, and margaritas.

The Honeymoon Album: Impressions from Baja California depicts in intricate embroidery and sensitive photography some of the intimate moments the artists shared with the landscape, people, wildlife, and architecture of the Mexican peninsula during their six-week honeymoon in December 2002. Alonis piece Fernando won an Award of Excellence in the Annual Portraiture Show at the Millicent Rogers Museum of Taos.

Three other embroideries from the Honeymoon Album were chosen for the prestigious Contemporary Art/Taos exhibit at the Harwood Museum of Art curated by Douglas Dreishpoon, fine art author and senior curator of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Aloni's embroideries have the elemental resolve of haiku: every passage contains the concise realization of idea and form," says Dreishpoon.

All twenty-five embroidered pieces from Alonis Honeymoon Album will be featured on a signed, limited-edition commemorative poster, which is the only way the public can view the entire collection.

My goal is to capture beauty. When a good musician plays, you dont say, 'It must be difficult to play the violin. You hear music. Thats what I want-for my technique to disappear," Aloni says.

The couple took over thirty-five rolls of film during their honeymoon (Reznik often took photos with thousands of dollars of photo equipment sitting on top of their kayak). A limited edition of these 5"x 7" black-and-white images will be presented for the first time at the grand opening.

Also on display will be Rezniks mystical photographic art of the aboriginal Yolngu people in Arnhem Land of northern Australia. The acclaimed twelve-piece photo essay, entitled Garma: The Dance of the Spirits, is an invitation to experience the week-long ceremonial ritual Garma, which is believed to be the oldest active ritual in the world and was closed to non-natives until recently.

Rather than using a literal documentary style, Reznik captures the spirit, vibration, and essence of the rite by utilizing his masterful photographic techniques to attain a balance between abstraction and realism. Twenty percent of net proceeds will be donated to the Yothu Yindi Foundation to help improve the conditions of the Yolngu people and spread the message of inner-clan harmony.

Rezniks images profoundly capture a serene moment in time," says Charles Lovell, director of the Harwood Museum of Art. The couples new studio gives collectors an opportunity to see their work in person and learn about their formidable talents."

Both Aloni and Reznik were born and raised only fifteen miles from one another in Israel. They met for the first time more than thirty-five years later in Taos. We fell in love with each others art before we fell in love with each other," says Reznik, Even though we use different mediums, we share a sense of aesthetics and a commitment to produce beautiful images that uplift the human spirit."

The artists are fascinated with one anothers ability to push the limits of their respective mediums and the unique techniques each have invented. Though their art reflects different styles, a sensitive eye will recognize the deep heart bond mirrored in the colors, lines, and threads of their art.

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