Photo exhibit on Mexican colonial architecture opens in Holguín

The photographic exhibition Colonial Architecture of Mexico, by the Aztec artists Nelia Torres and Eduardo Aguilera, is exhibited these days at La Periquera Museum in Holguín, bringing the public closer to the history and similarities of the cultures of both countries.

The exhibit includes 30 works that reflect the heritage values of noble houses, fortresses, monasteries, cathedrals, convents and other buildings -mostly baroque- in various cities of Mexico.

The artists said to the ACN that in addition to recognizing the historical and heritage value of these buildings, the exhibition aims to highlight the current splendor of many of these constructions, most of them built in the 16th century.

The exhibition highlights a photograph of the Sagrario Metropolitano church in Mexico City, the place where José Martí married Carmen Zayas in 1877 before returning to Guatemala.

This is the second exhibition of Nelia and Eduardo in Holguín, since the first was dedicated to the Heroic Guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara, with the title "Hasta la victoria siempre", which was recently donated by the artists to the provincial museum La Periquera.

“All our lives we have carried a small camera, and when we see something interesting we press the shutter; and from there themes and collections of any aspect or phenomenon are coming out: deities, ways of life of certain regions, events, festivities and important dates”, they added.

The Mexican photographers have also exhibited their work in the Cuban provinces of Havana, Villa Clara, Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba and Holguín; in addition to countries such as Russia, Belgium, China and Poland.