CARMELO
BLANDINO
(239) 216 -2526
[email protected]
http://www.carmeloblandino.com
The flower is not an unusual
subject, but Carmelo
Blandino has been able to
coax something deeper from
his subjects and unite the
raw and sensual with the
transcendental and ineffable.
“My work is a sort of
continuance in the practice
of Buddhist monks,” Blandino
explains, “who would bring
a single flower to their
meditation session and ask
the students there to stare at it
in silence for a long period of
time. Eventually the student
comes to realize that he is
gazing upon his own true
form, a higher self within the
form of the flower, and the
flower and its identification
properties disappear.
Recognizing that all matter
originates from one source, a
sudden awareness is brought
forward that elevates the mindto a more enlightened state.
The student and the flower
are one.”
His most recent body of
work, ETHOS—which came
about because he wanted to
examine and revisit an area of
his own artistry that became
lost to him—is an ongoing
touring exhibition. The show
started in September and
will head to the Wausau
Museum of Contemporary Art
in Wisconsin from January
through late March. It will
then travel back to Florida.“This exhibition is the first
of an artistically manifested,
ongoing inner dialogue,” he
says. “And there will be more.
I will be exploring man’s
relationship with the animal
kingdom, our relationships
with our personal selves, with
each other, with religion, and
I will explore motifs on artificial
intelligence and concepts of
extraterrestrial life.”
Blandino also will have a
solo exhibition in September
2020 at Galerie de Bellefeuille
in Toronto, Canada.1
Carmelo Blandino in
his studio painting
Ethos.2
Carmelo Blandino,
No Thing Bouquet,
acrylic and pastel on
canvas, 60 x 60"3
Carmelo Blandino,
Garden of Delights,
acrylic and charcoal
on canvas, 60 x 144"1 23107DESTINATION/ FLORIDA