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Moataz Nasr, Dome, 2011
(all images copyright of the artists)
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| Edson Chagas, TIPO PASS, Filipe D. Kuangana, 2012 |
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| Aida Muluneh, The 99 Series, 2013 © |
Simon Njami's large, themed exhibition, "Divine Comedy" recently opened at MMK museum in Frankfurt, Germany, and is worth checking out. Having previewed the show for Artforum, I am curious to see how Njami managed to fit the incredibly diverse practices of the fifty-one invited artists, into the show's three rubrics--"Heaven, Hell & Purgatory"--based on the Divine Comedy the monumental poem by Dante, the Italian/Florentine medieval poet. Does the show produce fascinating and smartly fresh juxtapositions of the mostly already-existing works by many of the major names? Or does it come across as merely using a conceptual interest in the ancient Italian poet's apocalyptic vision to convene another unwieldy contemporary
African art survey? This is a must-see show!
Here's a link to the show's page on MMK's website: The Divine Comedy
1 comment:
I’ve just learned that this catalog has been published, with my professional translation work included without my knowledge or permission. I am owed more than $450.00 by Simon Njami for translation work on this catalog and was never even given a chance to check the proofs!
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