At the beginning of 2008 Jackie Sleper , the winner of the section “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007, will go to Mexico for several solo exhibitions curated by Matty Roca, commencing with the Museo de la Cultura Maya de Chetumal. For these exhibitions, the Dutch artist has realized a series of works inspired by and dedicated to Frida Kahlo and to Mexico.

  

CALENDAR MEXICO 2008 (dates to be confirmed):

 

6 March - 30 April

Museo de la Cultura Maya de Chetumal

Av de los Héroes y Calle Mahatma Gandhi,

Chetumal , (Mexico)

 

8 May - 20 June

Museo de la Isla de Cozumel

Av. Rafael E. Melgar entre 4 y 6 Ote.

Cozumel, Quintana Roo

C.P 77600

 

3 July - 25 August

Museo de Arte Moderno de Gòmez Palacios.

Londres y Lisboa

Col. El Campestre

 

4 September - 23 October

Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado

Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua

 

6 November - December (closing date TBC)

Museo del Aguacate

Durango

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

 

Jackie Sleper

website: www.jackiesleper.com

 

Images:

You can also see images of Jackie’s artworks at

www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo/

 

For journalists only:

High resolution files of these images or other press related information can be re-quested directly from the press office:

Vito Abba, press officer

Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy

info@studioabba.com

www.studioabba.com

 

Other images and further information are available at:

www.dulceyamargo.com

picasaweb.google.it/dulceyamargomx/DulceYAmargo

 

It will be possible to follow the various stages of “Dulce y amargo” thanks to the in-formation and images that will be posted on www.dulceyamargo.com.

Visitors to Jackie’s exhibitions in Mexico, can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on flicker and share them with www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo

At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.

 

For general comments contact:

dulceyamargo@yahoo.com