“ONE MAN ONE HEART” BY DEAN AVISAR PRESENTS A GRID OF BLUE-TONED PANELS, EACH SEEMINGLY UNIQUE IN TEXTURE AND COMPOSITION, REMINISCENT OF A PATCHWORK. CYANOTYPE IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING PROCESS THAT PRODUCES A CYAN-BLUE PRINT, AND THE VARIATIONS IN TONE AND INTENSITY WITHIN EACH PANEL SUGGEST INDIVIDUALITY WITHIN UNIFORMITY, POSSIBLY ALLUDING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE EXISTENCE.

THE TITLE ITSELF, “ONE MAN ONE HEART,” SPEAKS TO A FUNDAMENTAL UNITY OF HUMANITY—A SHARED HEART THAT BEATS WITHIN EACH PERSON. GIVEN AVISAR’S DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH KABBALISTIC STUDIES, EACH PANEL MIGHT REPRESENT A SINGLE SOUL OR AN ASPECT OF THE SPIRITUAL HUMAN CONDITION, WITH THE OVERALL COLLECTION DEMONSTRATING THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THESE SOULS. THE BLUE HUES ARE EVOCATIVE OF BOTH THE SKY AND THE SEA, ELEMENTS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH DEPTH, INFINITY, AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS.

AVISAR’S BACKGROUND IN FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY, PAIRED WITH HIS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THROUGH KABBALAH, INFORMS THE AESTHETIC OF THIS WORK. THE PANELS MIGHT BE SEEN AS WINDOWS OR PORTALS, EACH OFFERING A GLIMPSE INTO A DIFFERENT SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OR EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE. HIS TRANSITION FROM CAPTURING EPHEMERAL BEAUTY TO SEEKING LASTING, PROFOUND CONNECTIONS IS REFLECTED IN THE UNIFORMITY OF THE PANELS, WHICH NONETHELESS EACH HOLD A UNIQUE STORY, A SNAPSHOT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.

THE PLACEMENT OF THESE CYANOTYPES AGAINST A STARK, TEXTURED WALL IN A SEEMINGLY INDUSTRIAL SPACE FURTHER CONTRASTS THE ETHEREAL QUALITIES OF THE BLUE PRINTS WITH THE GRITTY, PHYSICAL WORLD. THIS JUXTAPOSITION CAN BE INTERPRETED AS A VISUAL METAPHOR FOR AVISAR’S BELIEF IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART TO ELEVATE THE EVERYDAY AND TO FIND UNITY IN DIVERSITY. THE DISPLAY OF THESE WORKS TOGETHER ON A LARGE WHITE FRAME REINFORCES THE IDEA OF UNITY AND CONNECTEDNESS, SUGGESTING THAT WHILE EACH INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE IS DISTINCT, THEY ARE ALL PART OF A LARGER, COHESIVE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

THIS SERIES LIKELY INVITES VIEWERS TO REFLECT ON THEIR INDIVIDUALITY AND AT THE SAME TIME, ON THEIR PART IN THE COLLECTIVE HUMAN HEART—THE SHARED EXPERIENCES, EMOTIONS, AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS THAT BIND PEOPLE TOGETHER. AVISAR’S BELIEF IN THE ABILITY OF ART TO FOSTER SOLIDARITY AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE IS PALPABLY EXPRESSED IN THIS COHESIVE YET VARIED COLLECTION OF CYANOTYPES.