Moscow City Government

Moscow Museum of Modern Art

have the pleasure to invite you to the opening of an exhibition

CECILIA PAREDES

"PRIVATE GARDEN"

The opening will take place on December, 20 at 7 pm

Venue: Moscow Museum of Modern Art at 9 Tverskoy Boulevard

Dates: December 21, 2010 — January 23, 2011

Please send your request till December, 17

Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents a solo exhibition by Cecilia Paredes, internationally renowned Peruvian artist. Having spent her early years in Peru, she continued her education in the UK and then in Italy. Then Cecilia returned to the American continent, and currently divides her time between Philadelphia, Lima and Costa Rica. Her rather nomadic life and frequent travels are a constant source of inspiration. However, the artist doesn´t break up with her origins, for it was Latin America that made her extremely sensitive to the beauty and variety of nature.

Private Garden exhibition incorporates works from two extensive series — animals and landscapes. In the animalistic cycle, Cecilia tries on the appearances of animals or fantastic mythical creatures, which gives birth to amazing hybrids of beasts and human beings. Body-art, animal attributes (such as feathers, antlers, or squames) and digital technologies are all put into play. These reincarnations reflect the inner self of the artist and, at the same time, let her face her fears. Such ritual self-identification with animals has much in common with folklore traditions of the Caribbean and even with classical Greco-Roman mythology. Paredes interprets the genre of self-portrait in her own way: here nature becomes an integral part of the artist’s body and soul.

For further information:

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