presents
URBAN NOT SO URBAN
featuring photography by
Kris Golden and Jimmy Aponte
May 14, 2024- July 13, 2024
Palmer Art, Inc., 1947 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538, Tel. (914) 834-3627
KRIS GOLDEN
For me, photography is more than a way of making memories - it is an art form which allows me to express myself, with the only boundaries being the ones which I create. When I make a piece, I allow the viewer to come into my space and go on a journey with me. With this group of photographs, my goal is to explore and portray a different avenue that is not typical of what you would see in the Northeast area of America by showing Southern vistas from a New Yorker’s perspective.
For over a decade and half, I spent my teenage and early 20s in the suburbs of New York. I graduated from the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Massachusetts. My career took me to some very high-end venues and events all over the tristate area. After all those years, I knew that I needed to branch out and explore a different area of this beautiful country. I have moved to Tampa, Florida to pursue different and more personal aspects and assignments. I love the freedom that photography has given me such as being able to travel back and forth from Florida to New York to visit my friends and family.
JIMMY APONTE
Born in the Bronx and raised in Manhattan, Jimmy Aponte captures an abstract view of the City of New York. His style of art did not unravel with ease. Instead, it was formed through the many adventures through the arts he explored. While attending Borough of Manhattan Community College, Aponte participated in the performing arts. He then established a comedy company, producing and promoting comedy shows for colleges and lounges throughout NYC. During a production in 2004, Aponte was given a camera to document shows. He has not stopped shooting photos since. After juggling jobs and gigs for 9 years, Aponte started selling his photography on Prince street SOHO NY in 2013. Emerged in the Mecca of street art and graffiti writers, he started to mold his fine art style. He took advice from an old time graffiti legend, Mark Alaquin also known as "TEV 1" where Alaquin advised, "when you open a shop, don't be lazy and do some work; look busy. Start painting on your pictures or something." Aponte’s first painting on his photo sold. He continued this process and soon became a popular SOHO street artist; selling his work to locals and art lovers from around the globe. Today, Aponte is one of the new artists in the scene with several collectors anticipating his next group of works.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
When I make art, my goal is to captivate and inspire people. Whether it is capturing the right moment with a shot or painting a beautiful scene, I want to celebrate beauty, colors and symmetry with every piece I create.
The Ponderflect series
As a street artist, snow and rainy days are my days off from selling art. So they became some fun times to explore the City and snap new pictures. In 2014 while walking around and snapping away, I looked down at a puddle and saw the Empire State Building. Bending down to position my camera in the right position on busy 30th and 9th was a bit embarrassing. I sucked it up and snapped away. After seeing the final result, I was captivated by all reflections. Looking at them made me ponder an alternate reality. After taking several reflection shots I named the series Ponderflect, because the reFLECTions in puddles make me PONDER. When looking at the pictures of this series, you can look at them right side up or upside down. Each angle will reveal a different realm of imagination.