Marc Chagall. Una storia di due mondi

Catalog of the exhibition at MUDEC in Milan from March 16 to July 31, 2022.

March Chagall. A Tale of Two Worlds approaches the artist’s work from a new perspective, placing it in the context of his cultural background, thanks to the extraordinary collection in the Israel Museum.

Featuring more than 100 works from the vast collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the exhibition and accompanying catalog are devoted in particular to the graphic works of Marc Chagall and trace the fundamental themes of the artist’s life and production: from his roots in his native Vitebsk to his meeting with his beloved wife Bella Rosenfeld, whose books Burning Lights and First Encounter he illustrated – to his relationship with religion to which he devoted his fascinating interpretations of the Bible.

These works, donated for the most part by Chagall’s family and friends, include pieces that hark back to his early youth in a Jewish town in Eastern Europe that were fundamental to the artist’s later evolution. This volume relates these works to the cultural world from which they arose: the language, religious customs and social conventions of the Jewish community, as well as the colors and forms, which Chagall assimilated as a child.

BY
RONIT SOREK – Curator at the Prints and Drawings department of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.