A report by Luis Linares Petrov for Prensa Latina.
On the Vatican’s Palazzo della Cancellería, the exhibition ‘Life is Stunning’ is presenting works by Cuban plastic artist Manuel Mendive below the auspices of the Cuban embassy to the Holy Web site.
The Italian gallery proprietor and cultural promoter, Eriberto Bettini, the creator of this initiative, identified that this tribute to the necessary Cuban artist, whose work is impressed by the Yoruba-Lucumí tradition, rooted in Africa,”generates a really particular feeling” when exhibited in a deeply Catholic setting such because the Vasari Room of the palace.
“A promise I made to the maestro (…) to convey his work to Rome and current it on this room of the Palazzo della Cancellería is fulfilled. It’s a actually robust union. The concord of two worlds”, acknowledged Bettini.
The occasion was chaired by the top of the Cuban diplomatic mission to the Holy Web site, René Mujica, who highlighted the relevance of this initiative, and thanked the presence of Latin American ambassadors to the Vatican and different officers from these embassies.
Mujica acknowledged the sponsorship offered by the Holy Web site’s Division for Tradition and Training, which allowed the exhibition of Mendive’s work, whom he labeled as probably the most real representatives of Cuban tradition, in what’s the ninth time works by related Cuban artists which have been exhibited in these halls.
UNESCO awarded Mendive with the Medal of the 5 Continents in 2009 . Beforehand the artist was awarded by Cuba in 2001, with the Nationwide Prize for Plastic Arts, amongst different recognitions.