SARASOTA – Eden and paradise are themes that resonate across time and cultures, and are places that are still sought after today. “Picturing Eden,” an exhibit at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, features the concept of the garden as a symbol for both good and evil.
The exhibition, which runs May 9 – August 2, highlights the work of 37 photographic artists from six countries as they examine the ideas of paradise as a quiet, thoughtful place, as well as a place of despair. Organized into four sections; Paradise Lost, Paradise Reconstructed, Despairing of Paradise and Paradise Anew, the images explore the development and changing styles of the garden and the belief in paradise. Picturing Eden looks at original lost innocence, the significance of the humanistic environment and its place in the history of art.
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