Caritas: stories, parables and dreams, (Oct 9th 2014-Jan 15th 2015) held at the Musée De Picardie, Amiens, was part of an Interreg funded EU project. Two salons at the museum explored the meaning of charity using the story of St Martin and his cloak and its association with Amiens. The Salon of Contemplation was curated, designed and produced by Peter Seddon and The Salon of Study was curated, designed and produced by Barry Barker. (For images of the Salon of Study and works by other selected artists as well as information about the entire project see http://www.blue-waide.eu/en/program/caritas-museum-of-picardy. The room colours of the salons were based on the blue and red of the French tricolour, blue being associated with St Martin and red with St Denis. Other works by contemporary artists selected by Peter Seddon and Barry Barker in collaboration with the Museum curators were displayed in the museum galleries and in various locations around the city. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue/book of essays in both French and English (see selected publications tab above).
Displayed in the Salon of Contemplation was Jean Marie Vien’s Marcus Aurelius distributing bread and medicines to the Roman poor, 1765, Elizabetta Sirani’s La Libéralité, 1657, Franz Anton Maulbertsch St Martin dividing his cloak with a beggar, 1756, an engraving of St Martin with his horse on a ship, 1561, by the Van Doetecum brothers, together with decorative vases, two circular mirrors, a prayer stool and wall texts.
Displayed in the Salon of Contemplation was Jean Marie Vien’s Marcus Aurelius distributing bread and medicines to the Roman poor, 1765, Elizabetta Sirani’s La Libéralité, 1657, Franz Anton Maulbertsch St Martin dividing his cloak with a beggar, 1756, an engraving of St Martin with his horse on a ship, 1561, by the Van Doetecum brothers, together with decorative vases, two circular mirrors, a prayer stool and wall texts.