The exhibition aimed to answer a series of questions that many people who love art and culture can ask themselves: is there today a religious art that responds to the same parameters that define avant-garde art? Are there contemporary artists who develop themes similar to those that, throughout history, have shaped and transmitted the main symbolic values of Christianity?
The curator's answer was that we can indeed find a series of contemporary artists, who express, through the most avant-garde abstraction, their intense relationship with God. And, in turn, they transmit that sensation to the one who tries to interpret that message, allowing the one who looks at the work, also to enter into direct connection with God. As St. John Paul II said, "Art must make the world of the spirit, of the invisible, of God, perceptible - even more fascinating as possible." This exhibition allowed a deep reflection of the transcendent, based on the creative effort of these artists.
The exhibition was curated by the painter María Tarruella Oriol , who had already directed the exhibition “ART + FE. Christians in Contemporary Art ”, in 2011 on the occasion of the World Youth Day in Madrid. María selected a series of works by artists, Spaniards, such as Alberto Guerrero, Josép Cárceles, Matoya Martínez Echevarría or Alejandro Mañas and others, such as the Liberian Eugene Perry, the Chilean Sarai Aser, the German Veronica von Degenfeld or the Japanese Julie Quin, along with many others.
Since its foundation, last year, the Karol Wojtyla-S Institute. John Paul II, could not ignore his interest in the world of art that he expressed in his "Letter to Artists", dated 1999. In it, St. John Paul says that, "To convey the message that Christ He has trusted, the Church needs art.”
This exhibition showed that artists who express themselves through abstraction have found a suitable channel to express their relationship with God.
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