Incursions

The 27th of January, 1945, English troops arrive at Auschwitz and liberate the survivors of the mad Nazi extermination.

As part of a collective show set up in the impressive spaces of the Imperial Forums, Maria Dompè continues her work inspired by the struggle of the Tibetans against the Chinese occupation.

Maria Dompè transformed the environment of a gallery in Milan into spaces of passage and of meditation.

This incursion of Dompè at the IX International Biennial City of Carrara ended the series of three works created in the summer of 1998 and dedicated to three women who have struggled for liberty.

Sangdrol is a young Tibetan nun who was arrested by the Chinese authorities when she cried out for liberty for Tibet in a public square; she was charged with "separatist activity" and sentenced to eighteen years in the prison of Drapchi.

The Biennial of Sacred Art offered Maria Dompè the opportunity to reflect upon the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and to exalt in the profound spiritual dimension of the life and actions of the deceased (1997) sister.

For the exhibition 'Lavori in corso (Works in Progress)', organized by the Galleria Comunale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in the former Peroni beer factory, Maria Dompè created an intensely poetic work.

Like all Maria Dompè's installations this one too was constructed with its surroundings in mind. It was created for the Group Home in Villa Glori, which welcomes people with AIDS.

In the difficult space of the University museum, a curved, cold and rhetorical space, Maria Dompè forced attention on the tragic resumption of nuclear testing on the atoll of Mururoa.

Created and planned for the large space under the staircase of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the work wants to be a moment of reflection and protest against the continuing violence to children.