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Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez exhibits in the Superior Institute of Art at Camaguey

Camaguey- The personal exhibition of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", was inaugurated on Friday, July 14, at the Superior Institute of Art (ISA) in Camaguey, located in the vicinity of Plaza del Carmen, where this artist has her Studio-Workshop and her well-known sculptural set.

The exhibition counted, among other personalities, with the presence of the Rector of ISA in Havana; and took place in the context of a new graduation of students, belonging to different specialties, in this educational center.

Are exhibited to the public, a selection of works from the series "The secret of my goats", which includes four paintings in mixed technique, on canvas and on cardboard; in addition to a bronze sculpture, in the lost wax technique.

"The exhibition addresses the subject of goats as a pretext to refer to certain human values, related to the artist's experiences," said the curator Yaniel Perez Guerra.

The goat is an animal that lives in herds, and the artist uses this to talk about the development of women in society and their role in the family. She resembles the goat to the woman as a symbol of defense, maternity, tenderness and sacrifice, added the specialist.
 

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 14 Jul, 2017