The European University of the Atlantic (UNEATLANTICO) has inaugurated a new exhibition entitled “The lucid madness”, which will be open to the public until October 2024. This unique exhibition brings together a series of outstanding works, including “Bullfighting”, a part of “Paradise” from “The Divine Comedy”, and two series never before exhibited: “The Fables of La Fontaine” and “The Conquest of the Cosmos”.
The opening of “The Lucid Madness” took place at an in-house event, taking advantage of the visit of the Diverse University Alliance and giving its members an exclusive opportunity to explore these works for the first time. This decision underscores UNEATLANTICO’s commitment to international academic and cultural collaboration.
“La lúcida locura” is a journey through diverse artistic and literary interpretations. “La tauromaquia” by Pablo Picasso, published by Gustavo Gili in 1959, is a series of 26 sugar aquatints and a drypoint illustrating Pepe Hillo’s book “La tauromaquia o arte de torear”. This edition, of which number 10 belongs to the Cultural Work of FUNIBER and UNEATLANTICO, was an ambitious project initiated by Gustavo Gili Roig in 1925 and finally realized by his son Gustavo Gili y Esteve in 1957, after a creative impulse of Picasso inspired by a bullfight in the bullring of Arles.
For its part, Salvador Dalí’s “The Divine Comedy” collection is divided into three series of thirty-three works that portray the three cantos of Dante’s immortal poem: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. These illustrations were commissioned by the Italian government to Dalí on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth in 1965. Dalí spent five years creating the watercolors and supervising the woodcut plates, calling this project one of the most important of his career.
With “La lucida locura”, UNEATLANTICO not only enriches the cultural landscape, but also strengthens its ties with global academic institutions through joint initiatives and special events.