Finding Spiritual Center With New Exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Religious Art

THE SAINT LOUIS AMERICAN
By Erica Smith Of St. Louis Public Radio

Credit Jeffrey Vaughn / Courtesy of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art

MISSOURI---After 20 years, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art has its first site-specific installation. That work, “Axis Mundi,” was created and installed by Rebecca Niederlander, who grew up in St. Louis but now lives in California. Niederlander said the installation works specifically with the MOCRA building, a former chapel used by Jesuits at Saint Louis University. “The space is this former place for contemplation and a place where the philosophical side of the Jesuits was explored, and I think that the spirit of that history is still very rich in the space,” she said. [link]

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art: "Axix Mundi" (Ends December 14, 2014) 3700 West Pine Mall Blvd., Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; slu.edu/mocra