The  november 30  the exhibition opens to the public  Emotions Images and gestures of the past and present , which the visitor can find at  Room 28 on Floor 1 of  Frederic Marès Museum .

From sadness to joy: these are the two emotions that the exhibition shows; the relationship and transit from one to the other through one  selection of sculptures from the 12th to the 15th century from the collections of the Frederic Marés Museum  in dialogue with some works of the 20th and 21st centuries. Of the latter, some are exhibited  two video art creations by Bill Viola , a fundamental artistic reference of contemporaneity, which with its cycle  The Passions  he worked on emotions based on the medieval and Renaissance artistic tradition; two prominent works of informalism and spatialism, by Antoni Tàpies  i  Lucio Fontana , and finally, one  light installation by Javier Riera , created in the 21st century.

The figure of Mary, the mother of God, representative of humanity, is the guiding thread of the  three exhibition areas : I  Mary's pain , II.  The   wound of Christ  and III.  The   glory of Mary .

The aim of the exhibition is to reflect on how  an art far removed from our time can acquire new life by putting it in relation to the contemporary world and art based on emotions common to different historical times .

In addition, the exhibition will have a series of activities , such as monthly guided tours and the  presentation of the catalog . You can consult them   here .