5/13/2023 0 Comments The divine comedy paintings![]() ![]() Taking their own widely differing cultural and religious backgrounds as a point of departure, the artists will examine individual thematic sequences of the Divine Comedy. A large number of the works will be conceived specifically for the MMK interior and premiered by the show. ![]() On three floors, one each devoted to heaven, hell and purgatory, works in a variety of media will be presented: paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, installations and performances. His work forms the foundation for the exhibition developed by curator Simon Njami in cooperation with the MMK and to be presented subsequently at four further venues worldwide. ![]() In this early fourteenth-century epic, which combines central notions of Christianity with religious concepts of antiquity, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) explores theological, philosophical and moral issues which have lost nothing of their social and political topicality to this day. In “The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists ”, the MMK serves as a stage for Dante’s Divine Commedy on 4,500 square metres of exhibition space. ![]()
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