Beauty Shot 2026

Beauty Shot by Claudia Palmira

Amidst a layered, painterly composition bathed in shades of green, emerge the words of Salvatore Brizzi:

“A un certo punto deve avvenire il collasso della mente e l’ingresso in uno stato di coscienza non ordinario, dove la Verità circa l’Universo è immediatamente realizzabile ma non comunicabile, se non attraverso l’atto artistico.”

“At a certain point, what must occur is a collapse of the mind and an entry into a non-ordinary state of consciousness, where the Truth about the Universe is immediately realized, yet not communicable – if not through art.”

While the concept that Beauty (artistic beauty) is Truth has been expressed throughout time by philosophers, poets and artists, the idea felt new when I read it in Italian, in the context of sublimating the mind in deference to this awareness.

This poster printed in archival ink on 90 gsm white paper. The work is A3 size (11.7 x 16.5 inches)