The Embassy of Mexico in Guyana continued its series of Mexican cultural events with a photographic exhibition outstanding for its show of images, colour and words as it was notorious for its under-representation and unexploited opportunity. There was also the showing of another Mexican film, the latest of several films from that country exhibited in Georgetown. These were hosted by Castellani House during September to October.
The Mexican Embassy has placed great emphasis on cultural exchanges and partnerships over the past five years, including the offer of scholarships for study in Mexico. There have been collaborations with the Department of Language and Cultural Studies at the University of Guyana and concentrated film festivals both on and off the Turkeyen Campus. Prominent in these exhibitions, apart from a festival of Mexican cuisine, were shows of the art of Mexico, specifically paintings with the most outstanding being annotated samples of the work of Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s foremost and most controversial female painter.
This time it was a photographic exhibition that made another prominent visual statement from the large, complex, varied and colourful Hispanic country that spans the whole area between Central and North America. It is well remembered in sports for the effects of Mexico City’s high altitude upon performance, for its
