Margaret Atwoodand summons up the forces of destruction, fire and violence, in language that likens the experience of emotional loss to the physical damage of war.Considering the visible and invisible aftermaths of loss and injury, Atwood, 84, delivers the sombre verdict: “All are lethal.”
Her poem, which will be unveiled in full tomorrow, takes its name from Goya’s celebrated series of 80 etchings,), is also displayed in the exhibit, put together by an influential Canadian art patron to run alongside the 60th International Art Exhibition, which comes to the Italian city every other summer.Lo Mismo from Goya’s Los Desastres de la Guerra , which will be displayed at the Venice Biennale.