The Cultural Work of the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO) and FUNIBER, in collaboration with the International Iberoamerican University of Mexico (UNINI Mexico) and the Campechano Institute, recently celebrated the opening of the exhibition ‘Picasso: I still surprise’ in the emblematic Ex Temple of San José in Campeche, Mexico.
The exhibition will remain open until 13 April and can be visited from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00.
The exhibition ‘Picasso: I Still Surprise’ is composed of three complete collections. The first, ‘Les Bleus de Barcelona,’ consists of 11 works that reflect the artist’s early periods in Barcelona. The second collection, ‘Dancers,’ includes 14 engravings on leather that capture dancers in a single stroke, demonstrating Picasso’s technical and aesthetic mastery. Finally, ‘Geneviève’ comprises 12 works on Japanese paper, created in the 1950s and published in 1974, which portray Geneviève, Picasso’s young lover, in a series of spontaneous and decorative drawings, revealing a more personal and lesser-known side of the artist.
Finally, the exhibition is completed with four works belonging to the La California notebooks, framed in two frames. They are part of the notes made in 1955, published in the ‘California notebook’, sketches of paintings from his own studio and sketches of what would become the series ‘The Women of Algiers’, one of which, as is well known, achieved a historic record price at auction.
The director of the Institute of Culture and Arts of the State of Campeche, Mónica Sosa Rodríguez, presided over the ceremony on behalf of Governor Layda Sansores. The event was also attended by Ilsa Cervera Echeverría, rector of the Instituto Campechano. Representing the International Iberoamerican University (UNINI Mexico) were the rector, Dr. Luis Alonso Dzul López, and the secretary general, María Isabel Bernés Patrón. Representing the Secretary of Education of the State of Campeche was Rosa Isela León Pérez.
With this exhibition, the Cultural Work of UNEATLANTICO and FUNIBER reaffirms its commitment to the dissemination of art and culture as fundamental pillars of education, bringing a collection of high historical, aesthetic and academic value to the people of Campeche.