Robert Indiana: The Sweet Mystery - Press Release - Press

A painting dominated by two large double ginkgo leave forms. Above them is a row of red and black danger stripes. Below them is the painting's title, The Sweet Mystery, in blue stenciled letters. Below the title is a thicker band of red and black danger stripes.

The Sweet Mystery, 1960–62

Artwork: © Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

ROBERT INDIANA: THE SWEET MYSTERY
Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia

Exhibition sheds new light on one of the world’s most iconic artists

On View at the Procuratie Vecchie located in Piazza San Marco, April 17 through November 24
Presented by Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Curated by Matthew Lyons

Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents Robert Indiana: The Sweet Mystery, an official Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. On view in the historic and central Procuratie Vecchie, recently restored by Pritzker-prize winning architect David Chipperfield. Developed with The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, this exhibition offers a revelatory perspective on Indiana’s work, focusing on the central themes of spirituality, identity and the human condition that are key to understanding his creative evolution. Artworks on view span six decades of Indiana’s career and include significant early works, some of which have rarely been publicly displayed.

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