Marc Chagall. The passer of light

" For me, a stained glass window represents the transparent partition my heart and the heart of the world. Stained glass is exhilarating, it needs gravity, passion. It has to live through the light perceived. " * quote from Marc Chagall, interview with André Verdet, Chagall méditerranéen, Paris, 1984. Conceived in partnership with the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the exhibition Marc Chagall, le passeur de lumière explores the importance of light and stained glass in the artist's work. After nearly 30 years of creating stained glass windows, these words from Chagall condense the role that the artist assigned to the art of stained glass: to bring to humanity a message of spirituality and inner light. Today, 15 buildings in France and around the world proudly bear the artist's work. Through his creations, Marc Chagall wanted to offer his contemporaries and future generations images of peace and transcendence. These images, rich in iconography, are admirably supported by the emotional force of his colours and by the changing reflections of the external luminosity.
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