Looking for some insightful artwork? Look no further than MOCRA’s latest lecture/exhibit on May 1 at 2PM:
From his earliest works, French artist Georges Rouault (1871-1958) selected subjects that combined a strong religious conviction together with a concern for suffering humanity. In his lecture titled “Georges Rouault and the Art of Sacred Engagement,” Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) Director Terrence E. Dempsey, S.J., will offer an overview of Rouault’s work, including his paintings, prints, and stained-glass.
It will discuss Rouault as an artist who, from his early work through his mature work, remained concerned about the disadvantaged, the outsiders, and the victims of war, and who linked all of these people to the suffering of Christ. In this way, Rouault’s engagement with the world was not so much political (although one can find political tones in his work) as it was sacred. It involved the totality of who we are—corporeal and spiritual.
The lecture held in conjunction with the exhibition “Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre, the complete series of etchings,” on display at MOCRA through July 31, 2011. More information about the lecture and the exhibition is available at mocra.slu.edu.
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