MICROSCOPE Gallery is pleased to present Bushwick-based artist Allison Somers in her first one-person show. Somers’ photographic and video works in Black & Blue invoke the power and destructive potential of nature and time, and explore the alchemy behind the artist’s materials and processes. Beneath the cool surface tones of hand-developed gelatin silver and cyanotype prints, Somers has subtly melded personal experience with her art. Solo travels to active volcanoes in East Java and unlit museums in remote villages of the Middle East, Asia, & Central America – where delicate, decaying relics are proudly displayed – and her fascination with the sport of boxing have inspired works contemplating the beautiful brutality of life.   On view April 16 to May 8.   Allison Somers was born in Los Angeles and is now based in Brooklyn. She works primarily with photography and moving image and has previously exhibited at: Participant Inc., Emily Harvey Foundation, Front Room Gallery, 80WSE Gallery, Scaramouche Gallery among others. Somers received an MFA from New York University in 2010.