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The photographs of Radostina Valchanova, 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)
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am-6pm
About Radostina Valchanova
Honing in on details of intense color and geometric form, Bulgarian photographer and art therapist Radostina Valchanova isolates practically abstract compositions in everyday scenes. Working in color and black-and-white, she highlights geometrically pure shapes and juxtaposes contrasting textures and forms. Where smooth surfaces overlap with roughly hewn objects and sequential patterns give way to blinding monochrome, Valchanova matter of fact-ly presents aesthetic discontinuities with terrific visual style and humor.
Valchanova captures the playful poetics of happenstance when polished neon blues roll across grooved wooden surfaces or shimmering reflections float over deep greens. Her accidental incongruities testify to the variety of wonderful visual re-combinations to be witnessed by such observant eyes. She balances this crisp focus on texture and tone with a delicate sense of composition that guides viewers’ eyes through the arrangement of colors and strong diagonals. Valchanova’s photographs effectively take stock of the rich visual vocabulary of minor details, sparking viewers to seek out quietly creative arrangements in the forgotten moments of everyday life.
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 (agora-gallery.com) 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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