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One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Art
posted (April 25, 2012)
The Mexican Embassy is presenting an art exhibit called "The Fire's Rest" tomorrow evening. The artist, Arturo Valencia, uses waste materials and worn-out objects to explore subjects such as time, memories and the environment.

If it sounds far out, it is - but in a neat kind of way. We had a preview of it today:



Marcelino Miranda - Press Officer, Mexican Embassy
"What the artist is doing with this conceptual art is to try and appeal to the public to think and reflect about the basic materials that we have around us like metal and wood. He is presenting them in a different pieces - more than 25 in a collage setting - these basic materials, in order to reflect about different things. One of them is about the way in which those kinds of materials were actually taken from waste. The way in which they play in our everyday life, as you will see in these different pieces of art, is that we have different pieces of metals, and that is indicating the way in which oxidation is transforming the object. It's also to make us reflect about time in which oxidation is working on the materials. The artist has been working on this project for the last 3 years. He has worked with different materials. He has also been working on a way in which to present his work to solve the problem about the communication between the artist, the object and the viewer. He is encouraging the viewer to have their own perspective, but at the same time, to reflect on a specific subject such as the oxidation, time, and the different materials in or everyday life. I think that this is going - and we hope - it's going to encourage young artists and children to get in contact with art and to develop their creative skills."

The exhibit opens 6 tomorrow evening at the Institute of Mexico, and it will remain open until May 15th. The entrance is free, and all are invited to attend.

The exhibit will be featured in several Latin American and Caribbean counties, and Belize was chosen as the first country to launch the exhibit.


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