THE DIVINE COMEDY: HEAVEN, HELL PURGATORY REVISITED BY CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ARTISTS
MMK MUSEUM FÜR MODERNE KUNST FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY 21 MARCH – 27 JULY 2014
“Why Dante? Because the Divine Comedy is first and foremost a human comedy. And I am convinced that nothing human can be alien to another human being.” —Curator Simon Njami
Covering three floors —Hell, Purgatory, Heaven— and 4,500 square meters of exhibition space, the MMK serves as the stage for an interpretation of Dante’s Divine Comedy by major contemporary African artists.
Dante's masterpiece forms the basis for an aesthetic approach to contemporary African art, exploring poetry and art as means of expressing the ineffable.
