On the three floors of the MMK, the artists present their works in various media: painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and performance. In some cases the otherworldly realms are visualized as godless places brought to life by the power of the imagination; in other works they are associated with ideas of divinity, hope or loss.
In the tenth canto of Paradise, Dante reflects on the unutterable and nameless primal force that created everything and exceeds the realm of humanity. This is where the artists take their point of departure in employing their artistic language creatively to formulate and convey unspeakable ideas.
Dominique Zinkpè, Errance, 2013
Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt
Yinka Shonibare, How To Blow Up Two Heads At Once (Gentlemen),
2006
Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt
Maurice Pefura, The Silent Way, 2013
Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt
Left: Ndary Lo, The Day After, 2013
from the series "Self-Portrait As a White Man",
Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt. Right: Kostüm-Entwurf für die Performance "Houris", 2014
© Majida Khattari
Kudzanai Chiurai, Iyeza, 2012
Film still, Courtesy of the artist and the Goodman Gallery
Nicholas Hlobo, Tyaphaka, 2012
Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt
Kiluanji Kia Henda, Othello's Fate, 2013, from the series "Self-Portrait As a White Man", Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt
Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Silence, 2008
Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main, photo: Axel Schneider © MMK
Frankfurt
until July 27, 2014
The Divine Comedy
curated by Simon Njami
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Domstraße 10, Frankfurt am Main