How Dante’s Vita Nova inspired an art exhibition

‘Vita Nova’, the title of poems by Dante, explored the idea of transformative life. The exhibition at The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre takes this concept further through the works of six artists from India and Italy: Andrea Anastasio, Francesco Simeti, Marta Roberti, Puneet Kaushik, Raghava KK, and Shilo Shiv Suleman. Curated and conceived by Myna Mukherjee and Davide Quadrio, Vita Nova explores transformations, connections and departures in contemporary craft and art. Edited excerpts: In Vita Nova, how have the six artists addressed the theme of a "new life" both in terms of materiality and message? Vita Nova is a peripheral constellation of themes and unites an exciting cross-section of contemporary artists with vested interests in the conceptual valence of objects.