At the North Arsenal in Venice, Vasily Klyukin's contemporary Inferno

On the occasion of the Venice Biennale, from May 8 to November 26, 2019, theNorth Arsenal of Venice, at Tesa 94, is hosting the exhibition In Dante Veritas, an exhibition by Russian artist Vasily Klyukin (Moscow, 1976) organized under the patronage of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg and the City of Venice.

The exhibition, curated by Paola Gribaudo, aims to be amodern interpretation of the greatest literary work of all time, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. The works on display are particularly inspired by the first part of Inferno.

Anexperience of hell to be lived through more than one hundred multimedia elements on 900 square meters of exhibition space: sculptures, sounds, video mapping works, digital reproductions and lightboxes. An integral part of the itinerary is theaudio guide, available free of charge in 10 different languages: the artist’s narrator’s voice accompanies the visitor with a text in poetry and prose on this hellish journey to better understand the true message of each work.

Thirty-two large steelsculptures tell, like a warning, of the Hell that man can decide to make of his life and the world if he does not repent in time: twenty-two works represent human vices and sins, including Gluttony, Lust, Hypocrisy; four, on the other hand, are the majestic Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Also exhibited are a death mask of Dante and sculptures depicting Beatrice and a large Tiger, as utions of delicacy and strength.

The artist’s works are intended to lead the viewer to a critical reflection on the present, major issues and fears; significant are the names assigned to the Knights of the Apocalypse: Disinformation, Overpopulation, Uncontrolled Exploitation of Resources and Environmental Pollution.

The thirty-two steel sculptures are called Live Sculptures by Klyukin, because they are made with a special interlocking technique of steel plates, which gives the sculpture a sense of three-dimensionality and great mobility, recalling the movement of the pages of a book and allowing the figures to be broken down and recomposed.

This exhibition is intended to be an immersive, multisensory journey that aims to lead visitors to active participation, as in the sculpture Betrayal, which invites the public to write the initials of those who have betrayed their trust in the past.

For info: www.indante.com/index/italy.html

At the North Arsenal in Venice, Vasily Klyukin's contemporary Inferno

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