Art of Violence exhibition in Dulwich to explore depictions of torture and martyrdom by 17th-century Spanish artistA stomach-churning exhibition of tortured human bodies will open in London next year. Described by the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery as “akin to witnessing a Quentin Tarantino film”,it will be the first major show in the UK devoted to the 17th-century Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera.
Titled Ribera: Art of Violence, the gallery currently housing a charming exhibition devoted to the creator of the Moomins will include a room of his nightmare visions of the martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew by being flayed alive, or cessation with a shift from devout art to classical mythology – inexorably the death of Marsyas,excoriated by Apollo for his presumption in challenging the god to a music competition, and losing.
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Source: guardian.co.uk