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Article: MYSTICAL TREK; 'Sites' along Silk Road seen in Sackler exhibit.(ARTS)(ON VIEW)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2002
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Byline: Joanna Shaw-Eagle, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The exhibition "Sacred Sites: Silk Road Photographs by Kenro Izu" at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery serves as prelude to the Silk Road exhibits, events and performances of the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which opens June 26.
"The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust" celebration on the Mall will be the first folklife festival in the Smithsonian's history to concentrate on one theme.
Mr. Izu, a 53-year-old Japanese-born New Yorker, is perhaps best known for his photographs of the ancient Buddhist temples at Angkor, Cambodia, and his still-life images of nudes and decaying flowers. ...