The title of the exhibition takes its crux from chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, the parable of the talents, and the the judgment at the end of time.
“Mt. 25 suggests that we orient our lives by taking care of pain of the world, which remains the call and the condition to remain human, and always remains a choice!" say the organizers of the exhibition. They further outlined the deeper motive of the exhibit thus: “it urges us to take the side of the weakest, the most fragile, the last of the earth, the discarded towards justice and love. Alone, without love, without mutual care, without a sense of brotherhood and belonging, we cannot save ourselves from the many different humanitarian crises, such as today's pandemic.”
The temporary exhibition, features a number of wooden panels, encased with stripes, presenting real photos, but reinterpreted by the artist with pastels and charcoals. They depict men, women, children with gazes provoked by suffering and sometimes in tears, but still ready to fight or at least to allow themselves to be supported. There are images of people clinging to an embrace or separated by boundary fences; scenes of pain and dignity, where the lowest common denominator still remains: the human subject, the brother or sister who by the very existence represents an appeal to "remain human".
The prevailing color is red, the color of extremes, that is love, passion, royalty, war, the blood of martyrs, the passion of Christ.
The exhibition, created in collaboration with the association of the Capuchin Friars "Midrash" (Hebrew term which can be translated as "Tale"), also has a very concrete benefit: in fact, half of the proceeds collected through the sale of the original works and their scaled reprints will be donated to refugee families.
The exhibition will be marked by two events. On December 4th and 19th, at 4 pm, a bit of music, readings and dance will help the visitors to fully “enter” into the spirit of the exhibition.
For more information, visit the websites: www.museocasadonbosco.it and www.associazionemidrash.it
