Gubbio, Italy – Exhibition “Small Collective Of Sacred Art”
The program of Easter Initiatives between Umbria and Tuscany presents the exhibition “Small Collective Of Sacred Art” at the Diocesan Museum in Gubbio, Italy
The exhibition aims to investigate the contemporary relationship between artists and the theme of sacred representation, through very different visions, languages and interpretations.
Although the relationship between art and church today does not seem to be as symbiotic as in past centuries, art’s search for the themes of faith and spirituality has never stopped.
From this assumption was born the selection of the seventeen artists present in Gubbio, who all have different ages, styles, spiritualities and techniques. All aware of the great changes that represent the 20th century, and which therefore leads the works to have different characters to also reach the non-figurative theme.
The exhibition is hosted in an exceptional location – the Palazzo dei Canonici, home of the Diocesan Museum. Built in the 13th century and subsequently expanded, the palace housed the College of Canons responsible for the liturgical worship of the Cathedral, whose community life was regulated from Sant’Ubaldo.
Inside a unique and fascinating architectural complex the visitor can retrace the origins and history of the ancient Diocese of Gubbio. In addition to the archaeological and goldsmith section, among the paintings that can be admired in the art gallery are the paintings by Mello from Gubbio (active between the third and sixth decades of the 14th century) depicting the Madonna and Child. In this unique context and with the aim of investigating the sacred in the contemporary, with an indicated focus linked to Saint Francis, in the years that are seeing his celebrations in Umbria, the question to ask is the following:
Are the contemporary and devotional art really that far apart today?
The answer is in the works of the participating artists which are in alphabetical order: Aurora Basile, Raffaella Calcagnini, Attilio Cartone, Franca D’Alfonso, Stefano Di Loreto, Raffaele Dragani Raf, Maria Teresa Eleuteri, Elisa Frigerio, Ornella Guglielmino, Silvia Lilli, Maria Margherita Martinelli, Pier Claudio Oddoni, Lucia Sanavio, Giovanni Teresi, Diego Valentinuzzi, Silvia Venuti and Alberto Volpin.
The exhibition will be open to the public until April 14, during the opening days and hours of the Diocesan Museum.
