Mexican art exhibition focuses on church history

Sixty-four year old Carmen Parra, one of Mexico’s senior artists, will for the first time have her work showcased in Belize. The exhibition, which opens tonight at the Mexican Cultural Centre, features eighteen pieces in which the main theme is religion. According to the Embassy of Mexico’s Cultural Attache, Jorge Lopez Castro, Parra places great value on her country’s heritage. For the past ten years she has been involved in the study and artistic record of Mexico’s churches and cathedrals.

Jorge Lope Castro, Cultural Attache, Embassy of Mexico
?This is the second major works it is about the churches of Mexico. It is about the signs of the churches and the alters. The images transmit the religion, the Mexican religion. It is an artist that works many hours with her paintings. This collection is from the ? of Mexico. The collection has about three years in Latin America. And to the Embassies of Mexico they present in each country and in museums. This is the last exhibition before we return them back to the artist.?

The exhibition, dubbed Angels and Archangels, opens tonight at seven and will run for a month. The public is encouraged to visit the display at the centre located on the Newtown Barracks.