Passionate Image: The Body in Art and Advertising Photography Exhibit; House of Campari Showcases Free Exhibit With Artists From Avedon to LaChapelle

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--Internationally recognized names in art and advertising will showcase their photographs capturing the human body in an exhibit titled: A Passionate Image: The Body in Art and Advertising. Featuring photographers and artists including: Richard Avedon, Ellen Von Unwerth, and David LaChapelle, the exhibit is the first of its kind examining the relationship between art, advertising and the human form.

Hosted by House of Campari, the exhibit chronicles the ways art and advertising have influenced one another over the past 30 years, focusing on how artists, and particularly photographers, have captured the sensual body and how those images have been conveyed in diverse ways.



WHAT:    House of Campari Presents: Passionate Image: The Body in Art

         and Advertising. A free exhibit running November 11-19.

            --  Photographers showcasing their famed works using the

             body as a focal point in art and advertising.

            --  An exhibition of art photographs and other materials

             such as books, magazine shots that chronicle the many

             ways that art and advertising embrace each other's

             worlds.



WHO:     Photographers: Featuring works by Richard Avedon, Lillian

         Bassman, Arthur Elgort, Horst, David LaChapelle, Steven

         Klein, Kurt Markus, Ryan McGinley, Jeff Mermelstein, Marilyn

         Minter, Tracey Moffatt, Jack Pierson, Matthew Rolston, Cindy

         Sherman, Deborah Turbeville, Ellen Von Unwerth among others.



WHEN:    November 11-19, 2005

         Tuesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.



WHERE:   Steven Kasher Gallery

         521 West 23rd St., 2nd Floor

         New York, NY 10011

Curated by Vince Aletti, Steven Kasher and Craig Hensala and Simon Watson of Scenic. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.campariusa.com.