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Contributed by: Kathryn Richert/YourHub.com on 5/16/2008

A new exhibit at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is designed to give viewers a new look at the world. In the case of one of Scott Johnson's installations, it will be a view of Italy through the eyes of a four-legged beauty with hooves.

When the exhibit opens May 23, Johnson's piece will give viewers a peek into what a horse would see if it were to trot through the streets of Venice.

Johnson, a Colorado Springs resident, accomplished the feat by transforming his human eyes, which see the world straight on, into the eyes of horses, which have a blind spot in the center of their head, but have excellent peripheral vision.

Johnson strapped video cameras to both sides of his head and took a walking tour through the cobbled-stoned streets of Venice. It's just one of the unique concepts at the new exhibit that the museum's curator, Kirsten Gerdes, is hoping will make viewers pause.

"What we really strive for in each exhibit is to find contemporary artwork that people will really be interested in and relate to," she said. "We get contemporary artists that are established or emerging who come up with interesting concepts."

This exhibit is no different, she said.

One of ideas behind Johnson's piece is that vision comes in many forms.
"Actual blindness is a form of vision," he wrote in his artist statement. Based on that idea, Johnson became interested in blind spots, peripheral vision and "the power of artworks to reflect what cannot be seen," he wrote.

Johnson's pieces are part of a larger series of works, which are based on perception, Gerdes said.

The three exhibits - including Johnson's - alter perspectives, Gerdes said. One of Johnson's pieces in his Look of Nowhere exhibit alters space with a mirrored installation, titled Infinity Room. The piece examines how human vision can be deceiving, Gerdes said.

The other two featured exhibits are by artist Carla Gannis, of New York, and guest curator Mark Addison, of Boulder.

In some of her Jezebel pieces, Gannis layered digital photos of women to morph their persona. Gannis' work examines the stereotypes that shape femininity.

Addison's collection examines self through the eyes of 27 artists from around the world. About Us displays artwork from a broad range of media.

"All of the artists are really speaking to the vision about perspective in regards to self and in regards to space," Gerdes said. "Artwork and the artist intention is always about altering reality, stating an opinion and looking at society and reflecting on that."

Museum visitors can see the exhibit May 23 to Sept. 6. A free public opening reception is 6:30-9 p.m. on May 23 at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St. Museum hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays;11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 3 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students and free for museum members and children 12 and younger. Admission is free during the Boulder County Farmers' Markets on Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays 4-8 p.m. Free guided tours are offered at 11 a.m. Saturdays.For more information about the exhibit, go to www.bmoca.org.

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