Jan Fabre

The Man Who Bears the Cross

March 30 — July 31, 2019

Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Jan Fabre. Oro Rosso is the project in which the Belgian artist returns to Naples and, in addition to the exhibition entitled Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo at Studio Trisorio, involves three other prestigious Neapolitan institutions: the Museum of Capodimonte, the Chapel of Pio Monte della Misericordia and the Madre Museum.

An exhibition entitled Oro Rosso. Golden and Coral Sculptures, Blood Drawings curated by Stefano Causa together with Blandine Gwizdala, at the Museum of Capodimonte features an original and surprizing series of red coral sculptures, specially created for the Neapolitan museum by the artist, together with golden sculptures and blood drawings executed by the artist from the Seventies to the present.

The sculpture The Man Who Bears the Cross may be viewed in the Chapel of Pio Monte della Misericordia in direct dialogue with Caravaggio’s masterpiece Sette opere di Misericordia (1606–1607).

The Madre Museum will preview the iconic sculpture entitled The Man Who Measures the Clouds, in a never-before-viewed version in Carrara marble which will be positioned in the museum’s Courtyard of Honour.