 |
||
| Latin America in the International Financial Crisis Edition Nº 56. May-August 1999.
Solidary Integration of
Latin On this occasion, and in an effort to comply with one of its main objectives, regional cultural integration, SELA’s Permanent Secretariat is pleased to present, under this title, not a written study but a visual document. It is a traveling exhibition of kites by renowned Latin American artists which was initially displayed in MERCOSUR’s countries and will now be on view in the countries members of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN). The XXV SELA’s Latin American Council (Caracas, October 1999) has been chosen as the first venue of the exhibit’s Andean tour. The work we have selected for the cover of this issue of Capitulos is one of the many 1.25 x 1.50 kites, made in different materials, participating in this show. Many of these kites have already been flown in several capitals, thus allowing the public to participate interactively in the exhibit. The idea of organizing an exhibition of kites by Argentinean and other artists from MERCOSUR countries was suggested initially by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for South America. Important artists from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay enthusiastically welcomed the proposal. SELA’s Permanent Secretariat, for its part, acknowledging this exhibit’s solidarity goal, its high artistic value and the fact that MERCOSUR and CAN member countries are engaged in negotiations which represent a fundamental stride in the Latin American and Caribbean integration process, proposed to invite artists from CAN member countries to participate in the exhibit. Thus, in Caracas a distinguished group of Venezuelan painters contributed their work. The aim is to gather by the year 2000 a collection of kites by the largest possible number of Latin American and Caribbean artists and to later reach other continents’ skies. We hope that this exhibit will contribute to foster unity among our peoples through one of communication’s more authentic and dynamic channels: art. Carlos Moneta
|
||
|
http://www.sela.org |