Indianapolis Museum of Art hosts “Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World”
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first exhibition to examine
the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will
premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. “Sacred Spain:
Art and Belief in the Spanish World” brings to life the challenges
faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Francisco Zurbarán, Alonso Cano,
Franciso Ribalta, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdes Leal, Juan Correa,
Cristobal Villalpando and others, who were charged with the creative task of
making religious images that were useful, truthful and moving. The exhibition
will feature 80 works of art, including paintings, polychrome sculpture,
metalwork and books, many of which have never before been seen in the United
States. Sacred Spain will be on view exclusively in Indianapolis from
October 11, 2009 through January 3, 2010.