Allen Palmer Making the Familiar Strange at Agora Gallery

New York, NY, April 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The photographs of Allen Palmer, will be on view at Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, from April 14 through May 5. (Opening Reception Thursday April 16, from 6 to 8m PM.)

About Allen Palmer:
Allen Palmer takes crisp photographs of the people and places in his native New York City. Many of New York’s distinctive neighborhoods are represented in Palmer’s work, the images frequently cropped tightly to take pleasure in the often-overlooked details of life in the bustling city. Reflections, repetition of forms and lone protagonists can be found throughout his oeuvre. Depending on the particular piece, a viewer may feel like an outsider looking at the proceedings of an unfamiliar world or a voyeur peering into the personal reveries of an urban dweller. Palmer’s large-scale prints and adept technical abilities leave no detail behind. "Each person is a part of the gritty sculpture of empty streets and aging structures," he states. "Their private lives have converged with the sidewalks and other public spaces."

Palmer’s photographs have been exhibited frequently throughout the United States and he currently resides in Newton, Massachusetts.

About Altered States of Reality:
Altered States of Reality provides a glimpse of the world as captured through the lens of a camera, technology, and through the artists own inner vision. The gifted artist’s participating in Altered States of Reality offer us a perception of the world, as seen, through a complex, enigmatic fusion of emotions and technical mastery. The old boundaries have come tumbling down and the new reality has been altered and is forever changing. This exciting exhibition allows us to challenge our ideas, parables and perceptions that constitute our own reality.

Featured Artists: David Agee, Cariappa Annaiah, Apolo Anton Arauz, Marisa Atha, Montserrat Benito Segura, Flemming Hoff, Marilyn Holland, Malka Inbal, Matty Karp, Alain Lacki, Massimiliano Lattanzi, LEFT, Camila Manero, Mary Mansey, Angelina McCormick, Mari Minegishi, Allen Palmer, Beth Parin, Clint Saunders, Sylvia Schwenk, James Spitznagel, Radostina Valchanova, Shelley Vouga, Stefanie Young, Byra Zimmerman

About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art district that was established in 1984 and is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, cultural and art institutions and societies and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of hundreds of internationally talented emerging and mid-level artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews and is the sponsor of Art-Mine.com, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art from emerging, mid-level and well-established artists.

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