Heaven from Hell

The catalog “Heaven from Hell,” which accompanied the temporary exhibition of the same name, explores the debates surrounding the visual representation of spirituality and the religious phenomenon in Romania over the past five decades. Religious beliefs and convictions were strongly marginalized and controlled during the communist dictatorship. However, there has been an unexpectedly strong resurgence of religiosity both before and especially after the fall of communism in 1989. Additionally, the catalog analyzes both the militant adherence to the Orthodox iconographic and liturgical universe and the blasphemous criticism directed against ecclesiastical institutions and religious practices of the era.