Samuel Owen Presents 'Moby: Destroyed'

Samuel Owen Gallery Presents Moby: Destroyed

An Exclusive Photographic Exhibition of the Musician’s Life on Tour

Opening and Book Signing on March 15th; Runs through April 12th

Feb. 1, 2012 (Greenwich, Conn.)-- Samuel Owen Gallery is pleased to announce our first photographic exhibition with Moby. Titled Destroyed, the exhibition featuring photographs that capture the musician’s unique visual experiences while on tour opens on Thursday, March 15th with a reception for the artist from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and signing of his photo book Moby: Destroyed from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The exhibition runs through April 12th and is free and open to the public.

Destroyed takes us behind the scenes on an international journey with Moby, introducing us to the strange and disconcerting life of touring that is often not exposed; the time spent isolated in anonymous, mundane spaces like hotel rooms, airports, and backstage waiting areas. These experiences are juxtaposed with moments and places of intense beauty in the world and the excitement and connection with audiences. From the absurdly empty to the absurdly full, Moby captures the universal situation that so many musicians and artists undergo living nomadic lives.

Moby has been taking pictures as long as he’s been making music, or ever since he was nine years old when his uncle presented him with an A Nikon F camera.  To this day Moby carries a camera wherever he goes. “Touring is all contrasts and strangeness, and that’s what I’m trying to convey in these pictures.” The title and front cover of Destroyed, both album and book, is the product of Moby’s keen photographer eye. The eye-catching image depicts the final part of an LED security warning: Unattended luggage will be destroyed, which Moby snapped as it flashed up, one word at time, in a deserted hallway at New York’s La Guardia airport.

The Samuel Owen Gallery is located at 378 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich. Hours are Monday – Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact 203-325-1924 or visit samuelowengallery.com.

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About Moby

A fixture since the late 80's New York house and hip-hop scenes, Moby has been releasing music ever since his first single, “Go” in 1991(listed as one of Rolling Stones best records of all time). To date, his records have sold over twenty million copies worldwide and he’s played well over three thousand concerts all over the world in his career. Moby has produced and remixed artists such as David Bowie, Metallica, the Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy, and his music has been used in hundreds of different films, including major motion pictures such as  'Heat', 'Any Given Sunday', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'The Beach'.  Additionally, “Extreme Ways” is the theme song for the Bourne Trilogy films.  More recently his music is featured in Paul Haggis’ ‘Next Three Days’ and this year’s Oscar nominated, multi-award winning documentary, ‘Waste Land’.