In a new series of epic lithographs, Liam O’Broin draws on universal themes of human frailty and hubris inspired by Dante’s The Divine Comedy, writes Angela Griffith.
Three years ago, Liam O’Broin began a journey in the company of the Italian writer Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). Inspired by his reading of Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy, O’Broin has produced a series of lithographic prints reflecting his intellectual and philosophical engagement with Dantesque themes such as life and death, divine justice and retribution, sin and guilt, and revenge and remorse. O’Broin chose to focus initially on the section ‘Inferno’, which is Dante’s account of his metaphysical journey through Hell, guided by the classical poet Virgil.
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