Blurred Visions
Posted on May 05 2024
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BLURRED VISIONS │ 12 April - 30 May, 2024
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Text by Silvia Colombo, Antonio Muratore
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Lines, shapes and figures that are undefined and out of focus: these are the aesthetic traits that unite the works selected for the exhibition entitled "Blurred Visions".
The artists tackle the topic by drawing on various techniques, styles and photographic/video genres.
The works on display are images that refer to the collective/individual imagery and imagination or that recall personal experiences through memory. The main interest of the exhibition is the perception of the out-of-focus image, the relationship between the observer and the image, and the observer's participation in the creation of the work through a mental definition of meaning and/or in their emotional response.
The artists tackle the topic by drawing on various techniques, styles and photographic/video genres.
The works on display are images that refer to the collective/individual imagery and imagination or that recall personal experiences through memory. The main interest of the exhibition is the perception of the out-of-focus image, the relationship between the observer and the image, and the observer's participation in the creation of the work through a mental definition of meaning and/or in their emotional response.
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Paul Coudrier, The Man and the Bunch of Flowers, 2023
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Chad Wong, I live here!, 2023
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Blurred Visions is a collective exhibition that, as the title implies, predominantly delves into the sense of sight. While vision is intrinsically linked to our ability to perceive the world around us, it also alludes to something abstract, elusive, and challenging to comprehend fully. This exhibition at Spazio Millepiani unveils itself to the audience as a network of lines devoid of clear definition, a compilation of shapes stripped of their contours. Here, blurriness serves as a tool, concealing, masking, or conversely, suggesting and revealing.
In this intricate interplay between manifestation and concealment, artists showcase a blend of photographs, videos, and digital works, creating a collective narrative with a distinctly contemporary essence. Along this journey, visitors will navigate through a spectrum of themes and their counterparts, balancing movement and stillness, internal and external perspectives, political engagement, and personal revelations.
For instance, certain shots prominently feature bodies, at times in a state of undress, becoming the focal point of the artwork while simultaneously eluding complete visibility. Through the use of screens, windows, and glass, artists obscure forms, details, gender, and identity in a deliberate manner. These figures, though clearly recognizable, maintain a sense of distance and elusiveness. Complementary to this approach are images utilizing reflective surfaces, returning shapes that lack precise definition, merging with backgrounds or other elements in the composition, inviting the eye to rediscover details initially overlooked.
In this intricate interplay between manifestation and concealment, artists showcase a blend of photographs, videos, and digital works, creating a collective narrative with a distinctly contemporary essence. Along this journey, visitors will navigate through a spectrum of themes and their counterparts, balancing movement and stillness, internal and external perspectives, political engagement, and personal revelations.
For instance, certain shots prominently feature bodies, at times in a state of undress, becoming the focal point of the artwork while simultaneously eluding complete visibility. Through the use of screens, windows, and glass, artists obscure forms, details, gender, and identity in a deliberate manner. These figures, though clearly recognizable, maintain a sense of distance and elusiveness. Complementary to this approach are images utilizing reflective surfaces, returning shapes that lack precise definition, merging with backgrounds or other elements in the composition, inviting the eye to rediscover details initially overlooked.
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Christophe Joset, Nocturnes #3, 2016
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Movement emerges as a recurrent motif in the exhibition, conveying bustling urban scenes or vibrant natural landscapes. Observing these scenes, where individuals run or street lights transform into trails, introduces an element of disorientation. Viewers lose themselves in a geography of places no longer recognizable, as spatial and temporal coordinates blur, creating a sense that anything can happen, here and now. The conveyed essence in these shots reflects a deliberate choice, at times poetic, at times dynamically charged. Overall, it embodies a form of street photography, occasionally approaching the purest form of photographic documentation.
Connected to this thematic vein are works set during nighttime hours. Darkness, known for rendering everything more abstract, hazy, and occasionally magical, serves as a backdrop for works that appropriate the night, darkness, and image distortion to articulate personal feelings, experiences of illness, and the expression of unspoken secrets and desires.
Connected to this thematic vein are works set during nighttime hours. Darkness, known for rendering everything more abstract, hazy, and occasionally magical, serves as a backdrop for works that appropriate the night, darkness, and image distortion to articulate personal feelings, experiences of illness, and the expression of unspoken secrets and desires.
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Almantas Petkunas, Void 2, 2023
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Valentin Fougeray, Chantal 7 / Chantal 4, 2023
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Yelena Kirnasyuk, Dreams, 2023
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Maria Kolesnikova, Head Off; Liquid Memories, 2023
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Andrii Bulavka, Selfportrait, 2023
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BLURRED VISIONS
12 April - 30 May, 2024
Millepiani - Via N. Odero,13, Rome - IT
linfo@millepiani.eu
+39 06.888.17.620
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