Beyond Perception

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B E Y O N D P E R C E P T I O N

by D ONALD BL AIR

B YE O P EE R C P TN I OD N SPRING 2019 - Session II - SOLO EXHIBIT “BEYOND PERCEPTION” by Donald Blair From March 14th to April 11th 2019 Opening Thursday, MARCH 14TH 2019 - 6:00 PM @ CORRIDOIO FIORENTINO Photographs from the students of SPRING 2019 - Session II - class of “Solo Exhibit and Publicationof Solo Work”. Instructor: Marco Gualtieri.

M ultidimensional p h oto graphy by D o n al d Bl ai r

Questa mostra fotografica rappresenta un interessante

This exhibition is a su rre al i st ph oto graph i c

studio surrealista sulla luce aumentata. Esso si concentra

s tudy of augmente d l i ght . By fo c u si ng i n o n

sulle trame astratte della luce, utilizzando diversi oggetti

the abstrac t tex ture s of l i ght , u si ng di f fe ri ng

trasparenti e riflettenti, per rappresentare,

transp arent and re f l e c t i ve o bj e c t s, I was ab le to express our wo rl d i n a n e w way. T hi s ex hi bition refle c t s u p o n t h e mo me nt s of my l i fe s ince childho o d, whe n I wo u l d ge t l o st i n wo nde r as I would gaze thro u gh o bj e c t s t hat wo u l d b e n d and manipulate l i ght . By l o o k i n g t h ro u gh dis tor te d warp e d g l ass, a ne w u ni ve rse was

la realtà circostante con “occhi” diversi.

La selezione delle immagini di Blair trasforma il visitatore in testimone dell’infanzia dell’artista, quando si perdeva nella meraviglia dei colori riflettenti dalle superfici curve che come caleidoscopi manipolavano gli oggetti.

Donald Blair imputa a questo gioco la sua capacità di

pre sente d to me. I was abl e to se e b eyo n d my

guardare oltre alla realtà oggettiva, secondo una soggettiva

pre sent re alit y whe re t he gl ass wo u l d c o nto r t

che può modificarsi, proprio come nei film di

the b ent light whe n i t p asse d t h ro u gh su c h

di fantascienza alla televisione, che rappresentano il viaggio

o bj e c t s. It also is sy mb o l i c of t he way sc i -f i

cosmico attraverso la deformazione e la flessione della luce,

m ov ies and televisi o n re pre se nt c o smi c t rave l

che assomigliano molto ad esperienze psichedeliche che

by the warping and b e ndi ng of l i ght . T h i s al so

sollevano il velo della realtà, presentando un nuovo modo di

alludes to my own psyc he de l i c ex p e ri e n c e s t hat

guardare all’umanità e all’esistenza.

lif te d the veil of re al i t y, by pre se nt i n g a n e w

Questa mostra è una continuazione della precedente

w ay of lo oking at th e wo rl d i n whi c h I ex i st .

serie di opere di Blair presentate qualche mese fa, sempre

This exhibition is a c o nt i nu at i o n of my prev i o u s

al Corridoio Fiorentino, mantenendo così un’estetica

s er ies of works, by mai ntai ni n g a h o mo ge n o u s ae s t hetic that coh e si ve l y u ni f i e s my ar t i st i c intent and message .

I hop e that my wor ks h e l p p e o pl e to se e t h e i r w o rld and their re a l i t y i n a n e w way. A way that exp ands their mi nds, b ot h c o n sc i o u sl y an d unconsciously.

omogenea che unifica coerentemente l’intento e il messaggio artistico.

Come sottolinea l’artista: “Spero che i miei lavori aiutino le persone a vedere il loro mondo e la loro realtà in un modo nuovo. Un modo che espande le loro menti, sia consciamente che inconsciamente”

TEJAS BALAPALLI MURALI | ALESSANDRO GUELI | CHIH-CHIN HU | BRONWYN MORGAN | JASMIJN SWEERE Intermediate Digital Photography Experiential Learning

Marco Gu a ltier i Marco Gualtieri is a landscape photographer based in Florence, Italy. He has a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from DAMS (Drama, Art, and Music Studies) University of Bologna, Italy; a Bachelor’s degree in Cinematography from the National Film School of Rome; a certificate in Documentary and Photojournalism from the International Center of Photography of New York. His work has been exhibited in the United States, where he has lived and worked for the past decade. Marco is currently based in Florence and collaborates with Florence University of the Arts as a photography instructor.

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Don al d Blair was born in 1978, and has been traveling the planet since early childhood.

For well over the past 3 years he has traveled nonstop studying art in prominent universities around the world; including Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. His artistic style has been heavily influenced by traveling the world, and also by his abundant psychedelic experiences that opened the vale of this reality into a spiritual cosmos of undefined wonders. Further more Mr. Blair spent more than 30 years as a serious professional magician; by mastering the art of magic he is able to observe the world in away that is much different from other people. Being raised by his mother who is also an artist, graphic designer, photographer and more; Mr. Blair has lived in a world immersed in the arts and a life of creative experiences since his birth

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B YE O P EE R C P TN I OD N SPRING 2019 - Session II - SOLO EXHIBIT “BEYOND PERCEPTION” by Donald Blair From March 14th to April 11th 2019 Opening Thursday, MARCH 14TH 2019 - 6:00 PM @ CORRIDOIO FIORENTINO Photographs from the students of SPRING 2019 - Session II - class of “Solo Exhibit and Publicationof Solo Work”. Instructor: Marco Gualtieri.

Graphics Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio II Catalog and Exhibit Curation and Installation TEJAS BALAPALLI MURALI ALESSANDRO GUELI CHIH-CHIN HU BRONWYN MORGAN JASMIJN SWEERE

Intermediate Digital Photography Experiential Learning Credits and Acknowledgements MARCO GUALTIERI Professor, Solo Exhibit and Publication of Solo Work NORA FERRUCCI Professor, Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio II DAVID WEISS DIVA Chair Professor, Introduction to Digital Photography Experiential Learning GIULIO VINCI

DIVA Academic Coordinator Printed March 2019

by FUA Florence University of the Arts Cover Graphics: Mary Claire Ickes, Visual Communication Design Fundamentals Studio II

CORRIDOIO FIORENTINO CORRIDOIO FIORENTINO Corso Dei Tintori 21 Firenze

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