Dante's Inferno; Adapted by Marcus Sanders by Marcus Sanders

The third hand-made book, this one bound in white leather with gold stamping, has been printed by master printer David Salgado, and published by Trillium Press in an edition of 100.

Paradiso contains 3 new paintings and 71 original drawings and lithographs. He is represented by Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles, Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and PPOW in New York his work is in the permanent collections of the di Rosa Preserve in Napa, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, and the New York Historical Society. A first edition of Dore's Divine Comedy from the Saint Mary's College collection will be on view for the first time in the new exhibition.īirk is a recipient of Fulbright, Getty, and Guggenheim Fellowships and National Endowment for the Arts grants. In addition to rendering the language of the poem into a contemporary American English vernacular, Birk's illustrations pay homage to the work of the venerable 19th century illustrator, Gustave Dore. Paradiso is set primarily in New York City. The Inferno, set in Los Angeles, and the Purgatorio, set in San Francisco, have each been widely acclaimed during exhibitions in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.

Saint Mary's College professor Brother Michael Meister, FSC, who has collected and computerized more than 50 different English-language translations of the Divine Comedy over the years, provided scholarly guidance with the re-working of the three canticles.īirk's paintings, drawings and lithographs are infused with satire, political content, humor, and irony. Birk, a southern California artist, collaborated with Surfline web editor and Surfing Magazine writer Marcus Sanders to infuse Dante's text with a contemporary urban vernacular. MORAGA, CA.- The Hearst Art Gallery presents Sandow Birk's Paradiso, the third installment of a remarkable update on Dante Alighieri's early 14th century epic poem about the human condition, through February 27, 2005.

Dante's Inferno; Adapted by Marcus Sanders by Marcus Sanders