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GTKE Art Exhibition: Return to Senders Corresponding to the Caribbean Sept. 20—Nov. 16, 2018
From left to right: Prof. Jacek Kolasinski, Dr. Markus Thiel, Mette Tommerup, Dimitry Chamy, Amb. Paul Cejas, Valerie Jordan, John Stuart, and Christine I. Caly-Sanchez
As part of our public diplomacy ‘Getting to know Europe’ EU grant, the Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, together with Miami Beach Urban Studios (MBUS), organized an art exhibition that critically reflected on the relations of the Caribbean and Europe: ‘Return to Sender – Encounters between Europe & the Caribbean’. Bringing together 101artists from the Caribbean, the US, Latin America and Europe*, the exhibition provided viewers with original insights into the complex post-colonial relationship between the Caribbean and Europe.
* EU-Caribbean focused exhibition featured works by Eddy Arroyo, Dimitry Saïd Chamy, Valerie Jordan, Clive King, Jacek J. Kolasinski, Pawel Nowak, Blanca Pujals & Alfonso Borragan, Mette Tommerup, Kristap Zarinš and Elina Zunde.
The Art Exhibition on Friday, October 5, was well attended by ca. 80 people, where Ambassador Paul Cejas, MBUS director John Stuart and Professor and Curator Jacek Kolasinski opened the 8-week exhibition in presence of some of the artists. Based on a colonial postcard from Haiti as a starting point, the artists used various materials and techniques ranging from textile printing to multi-media projections to comment on themes prevalent in this relationship, such as development and politics, but also the beauty of nature and love. We’d like to thank the MBUS leadership and its staff, and especially Prof. Kolasinski, for the great collaboration! By Markus Thiel
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