CARMELO BLANDINO | Florida Gulf Coast University
CARMELO BLANDINO | Florida Gulf Coast University
For Carmelo Blandino, art exists as a conduit to confront humanity’s uncertainty. Incapsulating the beauty of nature and historical painting in the context of experimental contemporary street styles, the artist, Carmelo Blandino examines universal truths experienced through his personal journey of healing and “rebirth” through decades of his painting practice.
The paintings in this empowering exhibition range from large-scale explorations of abstracted florals and notions of Nature’s heroism, to playfully concealed iconography in an attempt to strengthen and empower the motivation away from the mundane of the everyday, in an effort to thwart the dark fringe of human uncertainty.
Blandino is a creative superpower, his weapon a brush… through his paintings, a metaphor of the joys of life are accessed, catapulting the viewer beyond the limitations of constructed reality into an exciting and invigorating world where good prevails!
Sponsored by Alice and Dean Fjelstul; The Layden Family Foundation; The Smith Family Foundation of Estero; Method & Concept; WGCU Public Media; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture
More information can be found here.
Image: Carmelo Blandino, CR-ASH, 2022, Multi-media, acrylic on canvas, digital overlay, 52 x 72 in.
**There will be an Artist Talk in the U. Tobe Recital Hall (MUS104), followed by an opening reception in the Music Building lobby on Saturday, January 14, 2023 beginning at 10:30a that is free and open to the public.
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