Exhibit Reception: Roberto Marquez: Commedia (illustrations based on Dante's Divine Comedy)

ROBERTO MARQUEZ EXHIBITION: Commedia curated by Tanmaya Bingham

Exhibit Duration: Feb. 5- Mar. 1, 2024

Reception: Thursday, Feb. 8, 4-6 pm

Talk: Thursday, Feb. 8, 4:30 pm (Margaret L. Boyce Recital Hall)

Speakers: Roberto Márquez and Angelo DiSalvo

Location: The Yang Family University Art Gallery (Landini Center for Fine

and Performing Arts)

300 North 7th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809

All ISU Exhibitions/Talks are free and open to the public. This means family and friends are welcome.

About:

The exhibition – entitled Commedia – is the realization of Mexican artist Roberto Márquez's dream to vividly illustrate each canto from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. This ambitious project of over 100 mixed-media works began during the Covid global confinement in 2021, which aligned with the commemoration of the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. Although many artists throughout the centuries – from Pacino di Buonaguida (1280-1340) to William Blake (1757-1827) to Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) – have visually depicted this complex narrative, Márquez’s interpretation is imbued with a visceral atmospheric depth, which brings a unique visual dimension to this epic poem. In this exhibition, the viewer is guided through each of the three sections from the Dante classic – Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) – to grapple with the vicissitudes of human experience.