Divine Comedy
Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory from the Perspective of Contemporary African Artists (German)
Sixty artists from twenty-two African countries thematically explore The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, employing a broad range of artistic media such as painting, photography, sculpture, video works, installations, and performances. The exhibition catalogue Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory may be considered a triptych, following the rhythm of Dante’s famous poem. The African artists at the core of this project, which presents reproductions and presentations of their artwork, focus on notions taken from the poem that they have charged with different meanings, linked both to their artistic practices and their respective personalities. Five essays written by authors from various countries create immediate links to our contemporary times and add a further dimension to the interpretation of the works presented. Crafted from different types of paper, this book is meant to become a collector’s item.
€65.00
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79.82CHF
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Divine Comedy
March 2014
ISBN 978-3-86678-920-3
24,50 × 29,50 cm
376 pages
212 colored illustrations
Hardcover, bound
two language editions
Languages: German
Editor
Mara Ambrožič, Susanne Gaensheimer, Simon Njami
Text by
Mara Ambrožič, Zdenka Badovinac, Roberto Casati, Johannes Hoff, Achille Mbembe, Simon Njami, Pep Subirós
Design by
Corinne App, Frankreich
Events
Exhibition: “Divine Comedy – Himmel, Hölle, Fegefeuer”, March–June 2014, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst , Frankfurt am Main; September-December 2014, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah; January–June 2015, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington; June–November 2015, Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
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