Dulce y Amargo

Opening in Querétaro / Inauguración en Querétaro

2009-02-03T03:52:00.004-06:00

Querétaro Press Review / Reseña de prensa de Querétaro

2009-02-03T03:41:00.005-06:00

Noticias

El Corregidor de Querétaro

Diario de Querétaro

Jackie Sleper on Chicago Artists' News

2009-01-27T04:18:00.002-06:00

Edward Rubin writes about Jackie Sleper's "Dulce y Amargo" in an article appeared in Chicago Artists' News, February 2009

Comunicado de prensa

2009-01-15T11:46:00.004-06:00

Jackie Sleper expondrá sus obras en el Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro

Desde enero hasta marzo 2009 la artista holandesa Jackie Sleper expondrá sus obras «Dulce y Amargo» dedicadas a México en el Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, Qro. México

Del 21 de enero al 21 de marzo 2009, el Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, ubicado en Querétaro, Qro. México, hospedará a la famosa artista holandesa Jackie Sleper y a su exposición itinerante “Dulce y Amargo”, curada por Matty Roca e inspirada y dedicada a México y a la pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo.

Jackie Sleper, ganadora de un premio en la Bienal de Florencia 2007 en la categoría de “escultura e instalación”, se ha sentido siempre atraida por México y por Frida Kahlo, por la cual siente una profunda admiración, por consiguiente, cuando Matty Roca la invitó a pintar su visión de México, Jackie aceptó con mucho gusto.
En los dos últimos años Jackie Sleper ha pasado varios meses en México creando sus obras y comenta: “He observado todo a mi alrededor, hablado con mucha gente y especialmente aprendido el sentimiento de la gente. De este modo el amor que nutría yo por México ha crecido y se ha fortalecido.”

La exposición en Querétaro es el primer evento del 2009 de Jackie Sleper. Todas las exposiciones de Jackie del 2008 y 2009 han sido curadas con gran éxito por Matty Roca, Historiadora, Curadora y Crítica de Arte. La primera exposición (marzo-abril 2008) se llevó a cabo en el Museo de la Cultura Maya en Chetumal. La segunda (mayo-junio) en el Museo de la Isla en Cozumel, la tercera (julio- agosto) en el Museo de Arte Moderno en Gómez Palacio y la última, la más reciente en el Museo El Aguacate en Durango.

Hace 11 años el ex convento Capuchino de San José de Gracia se convirtió en la Galería o Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, una sede de importancia internacional para la cultura y las artes, hospedando exposiciones de alto nivel de pintura, fotografía y escultura, producciones de teatro y danza, recitales de música y muchas otras actividades intelectuales.

La artista, como de costumbre, estará presente en la inauguración del evento “Dulce y Amargo” el 21 de jenero junto con varios personajes importantes de la escena política, cultural y educativa de México y de las comunidades holandesas y europeas que viven en el estado de Querétaro.

Jackie Sleper con total libertad incorpora técnicas y añade elementos experimentales: su trabajo se caracteriza por la combinación de fotografía, pintura y el uso de mixed media. Además de la pintura Jackie crea objetos en los cuales incorpora múltiples materiales, transformándolos en un nuevo concepto como en la maravillosa obra «Rocatizada» dedicada a la curadora Matty Roca. Jackie Sleper se deja guiar en su trabajo por un profundo sentido humanista mereciendo sin duda el título de artista ya que su obra se nutre de una búsqueda que concierne al humano y su condición existencial. El crítico de arte Wim Van der Beek dijo acerca de la obra de Jackie, antes de su exposición en Holanda en el 2007: "El objetivo de Jackie no es impresionar, sino realizar objetos tangibles y accesibles. No pretende enfatizar injusticias sino ofrecer soluciones en una forma visual positiva y ortodoxa".

Jackie Sleper nació en Amsterdam y estudió Artes Visuales en la Academia de Utrecht. Ha realizado varias obras en Holanda entre las cuales podemos mencionar : Una placa de azulejos en homenaje a Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen para el Municipio de Utrecht y “objetos luminosos” para el Hotel Kruisheren, establecimiento de diseño en Maastricht desde el 2005.
A nivel internacional Jackie Sleper ha expuesto sus obras en Antwerp (Evento artístico), Estocolmo (Feria de Arte), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Ginebra (Europ’Art), Klagenfurt (Bienal de Austria), Salzburgo (Festival de Mozart), Florencia (Museo Diocesano y Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea), Milano (Studio D’Ars), New York (Galería Carrozzini Von Buhler y Espacio CVB) y en México.
Exhibió una de sus obras, "Modestia", durante la Biennale di Venezia, en Open 2007. Ganadora del primer lugar en la categoría de “escultura e instalación” en la Bienal de Florencia 2007.

Para mayor información:

Jackie Sleper website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Imágenes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

Oficina de prensa:
Vito Abba, responsable de prensa
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florencia, Italia
info@studioabba.com
http://www.studioabba.com

Las personas interesadas en las exposiciones de Jackie Sleper en México pueden incluir las fotos tomadas durante las exposiciones y compartirlas con: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
Al final de la serie de exposiciones, los autores de las 3 mejores fotografìas recibirán una litografìa firmada por Jackie Sleper.

Para comentarios generales favor de contactar: dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Press release

2009-01-15T11:19:00.003-06:00

The Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro to host Jackie Sleper's exhibition dedicated to Mexico

In January, February and March 2009, Dutch artist Jackie Sleper will exhibit "Dulce y Amargo" in the Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

From 21 January - 21 March 2009, the Museo de la Ciudad Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, will host the famous Dutch artist’s, Jackie Sleper, touring exhibition "Dulce y Amargo" inspired by, and dedicated to, Mexico and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and curated by Matty Roca.

Jackie Sleper, the winner of the section “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007, has always been fascinated by Mexico and the artist Frida Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration and so, when she received an offer from Matty Roca to depict her vision of Mexico she readily accepted. Over the course of the following two years, Jackie Sleper spent many months in situ, about which she says “I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, in particular, got a sense of the country. My previous love of Mexico only grew stronger."

Her works are at times reminiscent of a variety of artists: Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock. Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to painting, Jackie also creates objects using a variety of materials, which she then transforms into wholly a new and surprising entity, such as the wonderful and fun piece “Rocatizada”, dedicated to her curator Matty Roca. The artist other works to be guided by a profound sense of humanity, and she is an artist in the truest sense of the word, her work has always been grounded in her exploration of the human existence and its significance. The art critic, Wim Van der Beek said about Jackie’s work prior to her 2007 Netherlands exhibition: “Jackie Sleper’s aim is not to shock, but to make things tangible and manageable. She does not want to magnify injustices, but to offer solutions in the form of positive and unorthodox ways of seeing.”

The Querétaro show is the first step in 2009 of Jackie’s touring exhibition. Jackie’s exhibitions showing throughout Mexico in 2008 and 2009 are all being curated by Matty Roca, art historian, museum curator and art critic. They have so far been a huge success, the first was held at the Museo de la Cultura Maya in Chetumal in March and April 2008, in May-June at the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel, at the Museum of Modern Art of Gómez Palacio in July and August, and most recently in the Museo El Aguacate in Durango.

The artist will, as always, be present at the vernissage of "Dulce y Amargo" on 21 January, along with important local personalities from the political, cultural and educational scene in Mexico and from the Dutch and European communities living in the state of Querétaro.

Jackie Sleper was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Utrecht Academy for Visual Arts. Between 1988 and 1995 she spent time in Ireland, Spain and Prague for study purposes. Works produced in her home country, the Netherlands, include a tile plateau in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, commissioned by the municipality of Utrecht, and ‘light objects’ for the Kruisheren Hotel, a design establishment that opened in Maastricht in 2005. Outside the Netherlands, she has exhibited in Antwerp (Art-Event), Stockholm (Art Fair), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Geneva (Europ’Art), Klagenfurt (Biennale Austria), Salzburg (Mozart Festival), Florence (Museo Diocesano and Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea), Milan (Studio D’Ars), New York (Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery and CVB Space), and in Mexico. One of her sculptures, "Modestia", was exhibited during the Venice Biennale, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007.

For further information:

Jackie Sleper’s website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Images:
You can also see images of Jackie’s art at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

For journalists only:
High resolution files of the images or other press related information can be requested directly from the press office:
Vito Abba, press officer
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com
http://www.studioabba.com

Visitors to Jackie’s exhibitions in Mexico can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on Flickr and share them with
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.

For general comments contact:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Jackie Sleper on NY Arts Magazine

2008-12-07T08:11:00.003-06:00

The Sacred and Divine

By Edward Rubin

It’s easy to think of mankind and nature when coming face to face with the work of artist Jackie Sleper, who is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. For in every work of art that she creates, be it a painting, a photograph, or one of her intricate jewel-like sculptures, no matter what the subject matter is, landscape or portrait, sectarian or religious, there is something sacred and divine emanating from her work that captures both the transitory nature of beauty and the fragility of life. No doubt this magic-like melding of the earthly and the spiritual, which forms the basis of the artist’s philosophy, as well as informs her artistic output, stems in large part from her earlier education in agriculture and horticulture, even before enrolling at the Utrecht Academy for Visual Arts, where she studied painting and photography. It was at the academy, as a young lady, living and working on a farm, while pursuing her agricultural degree, that the artist was exposed to the life and death cycles of plants, animals, and the earth that supports them, on a daily basis. What better way to prepare oneself to be an artist.

Though Sleper likes to say that she was “born an artist,” it wasn’t until she was seven or eight years old when her aunt gave her a book on Frida Kahlo that she was fully awakened to her life’s calling. “I knew right then and there, and I thank Frida for this, that making art, which I was already doing much to the disapproval of my parents, was how I was going to spend the rest my life.” For the past 25 years, first locally, then countrywide, and now internationally, Sleper, who has also studied her craft in Spain, Ireland, and Czechoslovakia, has been building a reputation of some import. She was invited to participate in the Biennale Austria in 2006, and OPEN10 International Sculptures and Installations Exhibition in 2007, which is held annually in Lido, Venice. In the same year she participated in the Florence Biennale, where an international jury awarded her first prize for her sculpture and painting installations, Modestia and Dulce Y Amargo.

Sleper has been gifted with boundless energy. Every minute of her waking life, both day and night, she can be found tending to the needs of her large family, creating her art, and planning her next ten moves, sometimes doing all three at once. Being interested in world cultures and how people live their daily lives, all of which she appears to digest effortlessly during her travels, lately she has been focusing her attention on exhibiting abroad. At the Florence Biennale in 2005, the Mexico-based curator Matty Roca, also a biennale juror, was so impressed with Sleper’s soul-catching Chinese paintings and sculptures, which developed out of the artist’s trips to China, that she invited Sleper to visit her in Mexico. The resultant affair—the artist’s love of Mexico and its people—sent Sleper back home, where she spent a year channeling the soul of the Mexican people into 25 paintings and sculptures. It also led to a Roca-curated eight-museum exhibition that is currently traveling in Mexico through May 2009.

Sleper has been fascinated by Mexico ever since her early bonding with Kahlo. “Till this day whenever I look into Kahlo’s face I get goose bumps,” she said. “Seeing her eyes is like looking into my own. As an art student I wrote many stories and made many sketches and drawings about Mexico in my journal. Having my work travel to Mexico now, something that I never even dreamed of is like a prophecy fulfilled, one that brings me full circle. Growing up, I read every book about Frida that I could get my hands on. I related to Kahlo’s loneliness. I felt that we both shared a great love of humanity. Sure her work is very personal…all those self-portraits. But she was able to turn the personal into the universal, so that we all could share the pain and joy of living. This is my goal as an artist. When people see my work, I want them to feel alive, to feel good, and to be wondrously happy in the knowing that despite how hard and painful life can be that there is great joy to be had. This is why I titled my exhibition Dulce Y Amargo, which means bittersweet in English.”

Read the full article here

Opening in Durango / Inauguración en Durango

2008-11-12T05:22:00.001-06:00

Report for the TVUJED news of the "Dulce y Amargo" opening by Gerardo Efrain Flores Solis

Nota presentada en el noticiario de TVUJED sobre la inauguración de "Dulce y Amargo" por Gerardo Efrain Flores Solis

Press Conference in Durango / Rueda de Prensa en Durango

2008-11-12T05:15:00.001-06:00

Report for the TVUJED news of the "Dulce y Amargo" press conference by Gerardo Efrain Flores Solis

Nota presentada en el noticiario de TVUJED sobre la rueda de prensa "Dulce y Amargo" por Gerardo Efrain Flores Solis

Opening in Durango / Inauguración en Durango

2008-11-06T09:33:00.004-06:00

Jackie Sleper, Lic. Enrique Arieta, Director Museo Regional de Durango, Manuel Ramírez López, Director Casa de Cultura Gómez Palacio

Edward Rubin, Matty Roca, Jackie Sleper

Vito Abba, Matty Roca

Matty Roca, Rafael Aguirre

Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano”

Durango Press Review / Reseña de prensa de Durango

2008-11-06T09:22:00.004-06:00

Contexto de Durango, 05-11-08

Victoria, 05-11-08

La Voz de Durango, 05-11-08

El Sol de Durango, 05-11-08

El Siglo de Durango, 05-11-08

Press conference in Durango / Rueda de prensa en Durango

2008-11-05T04:10:00.006-06:00

Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano”

Press conference at the Hotel Gobernador in Durango - from left to right: Rafael Aguirre, painter and coordinator of the exhibition in Durango; Lic. Enrique Arieta, Director of the Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano”; Vito Abba, promoter and press officer of "Dulce y Amargo"; Jackie Sleper; Lic. Susana Elosegui Cruz, Secretary of Tourism of the Durango state; Matty Roca, art critic and curator of "Dulce y Amargo"

Rueda de prensa en el Hotel Gobernador en Durango - de la izquierda a la derecha: Rafael Aguirre, pintor y coordinador de la exposición en Durango; Lic. Enrique Arieta, Director del Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano”; Vito Abba, promotor y oficina de prensa de "Dulce y Amargo"; Jackie Sleper; Lic. Susana Elosegui Cruz, Secretario de Turismo del Estado de Durango; Matty Roca, critica de arte curadora de "Dulce y Amargo"

Press release

2008-10-29T03:45:00.004-06:00

The Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano” in Durango to host Jackie Sleper's latest exhibition dedicated to Mexico

From 5 November 2008 to 5 January 2009, Dutch artist Jackie Sleper will exhibit "Dulce y Amargo" in the Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano”, Durango, Mexico

(Florence - Italy, October 2008) - From 5 November - 5 January 2009, the Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano” in Durango, Mexico, will host the famous Dutch artist’s, Jackie Sleper, touring exhibition "Dulce y Amargo" inspired by, and dedicated to, Mexico and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and curated by Matty Roca.

Jackie Sleper, the winner of the section “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007, has always been fascinated by Mexico and the artist Frida Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration and so, when she received an offer from Matty Roca to depict her vision of Mexico she readily accepted. Over the course of the following two years, Jackie Sleper spent many months in situ, about which she says “I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, in particular, got a sense of the country. My previous love of Mexico only grew stronger."

Her works are at times reminiscent of a variety of artists: Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock. Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to painting, Jackie also creates objects using a variety of materials, which she then transforms into wholly a new and surprising entity, such a the wonderful and fun piece “Rocatizada”, dedicated to her curator Matty Roca. The artist other works to be guided by a profound sense of humanity, and she is an artist in the truest sense of the word, her work has always been grounded in her exploration of the human existence and its significance. The art critic, Wim Van der Beek said about Jackie’s work prior to her 2007 Netherlands exhibition: “Jackie Sleper’s aim is not to shock, but to make things tangible and manageable. She does not want to magnify injustices, but to offer solutions in the form of positive and unorthodox ways of seeing.”

The Durango show is the fourth and last step in 2008 of Jackie’s touring exhibition and she is delighted to be holding in a city which she feels has a close link with her own home town of Utrecht. The museum is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city centre, built in 1890 and was the residence of the family of Francisco Gomez Palacio, son of the famous governor.

Jackie’s exhibitions showing throughout Mexico in 2008 and 2009 are all being curated by Matty Roca, art historian, museum curator and art critic. They have so far been a huge success, the first was held at the Museo de la Cultura Maya in Chetumal in March and April of this year, in May-June at the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel, and most recently at the Museum of Modern Art of Gómez Palacio in July and August.

The artist will, as always, be present at the vernissage of "Dulce y Amargo" on 5 November, at the Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano”, along with important local personalities from the political, cultural and educational scene in Mexico and from the Dutch and European communities living in the state of Durango.

Jackie Sleper was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Utrecht Academy for Visual Arts. Between 1988 and 1995 she spent time in Ireland, Spain and Prague for study purposes. Works produced in her home country, the Netherlands, include a tile plateau in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, commissioned by the municipality of Utrecht, and ‘light objects’ for the Kruisheren Hotel, a design establishment that opened in Maastricht in 2005. Outside the Netherlands, she has exhibited in Antwerp (Art-Event), Stockholm (Art Fair), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Geneva (Europ’Art), Klagenfurt (Biennale Austria), Salzburg (Mozart Festival), Florence (Museo Diocesano and Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea), Milan (Studio D’Ars), New York (Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery and CVB Space), and in Mexico. One of her sculptures, "Modestia", was exhibited during the Venice Biennale, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007.

For further information:

Jackie Sleper's website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Images:
You can also see images of Jackie’s art at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

For journalists only:
High resolution files of these images or other press related information can be requested directly from the press office:
Vito Abba, press officer
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence - Italy
info@studioabba.com
http://www.studioabba.com

Visitors to Jackie’s exhibitions in Mexico can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on Flickr and share them with
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo

At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.

For general comments contact:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Comunicado de prensa

2008-10-29T03:35:00.006-06:00

El Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano” hospedará la exposición de la famosa artista holandesa Jackie Sleper

Hasta el 5 de enero 2009 la artista holandesa Jackie Sleper expondrá sus obras en el Museo Regional en el estado de Durango, México

(Florencia - Italia, octubre 2008) - Del 5 de noviembre al 5 de enero 2009, el Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano” en el estado de Durango, México, hospedará la exposición itinerante “Dulce y Amargo”, curada por Matty Roca, de la famosa artista holandesa Jackie Sleper, inspirada y dedicada a México y a la pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo.

La artista, como de costumbre, estará presente en la inauguración del evento “Dulce y Amargo” el 5 de noviembre en el Museo Regional de Durango-UJED “Angel Rodríguez Solórzano” junto con varios personajes importantes de la escena política, cultural y educativa de México y de las comunidades holandesas y europeas que viven en el estado de Durango. Durango es el quarto y último lugar que Jackie visitará en el 2008 con su exposición itinerante y para ella es un placer estar en una ciudad que siente tiene algo en común con la ciudad de Utrecht donde ella vive. El Museo es uno de los edificios más bonitos en el centro de la ciudad, construido en 1890 y fue residencia de la familia de Francisco Gómez Palacio, hijo del famoso gobernador.

Jackie Sleper, ganadora de un premio en la Bienal de Florencia 2007 en la categoría de “escultura e instalación”, se ha sentido siempre atraida por México y por Frida Kahlo.
Su bandera de modernidades en sus obras impone a dispares opciones: Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo y Pollock. Jackie Sleper con total libertad amalgama técnicas y añade elementos experimentales. Además de la pintura Jackie también crea objetos en los cuales incorpora múltiples materiales, transformándolos en un nuevo concepto como en la simpática obra « Rocatizada » dedicada a Matty Roca, curadora del evento.
El crítico de arte Wim Van der Beek dijo acerca de la obra de Jackie, antes de su exposición en Holanda en el 2007: "El objetivo de Jackie no es impresionar, sino realizar objetos tangibles y accesibles. No pretende enfatizar injusticias sino ofrecer soluciones en una forma visual positiva y ortodoxa".

PARA MAYOR INFORMACIÓN:

Jackie Sleper website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Imágenes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

Oficina de prensa:
Vito Abba, responsable de prensa
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florencia - Italia
info@studioabba.com
http://www.studioabba.com

Las personas interesadas en las exposiciones de Jackie Sleper en México pueden incluir las fotos tomadas durante las exposiciones y compartirlas con: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo

Al final de la serie de exposiciones, los autores de las 3 mejores fotografías recibirán una litografía firmada por Jackie Sleper.

Announcement

2008-09-02T04:59:00.006-05:00

Due to the flooding which destroyed part of the city of Parral, the exhibition of Jackie Sleper's art work which was to open on 4th September at the Museum of the Palacio Pedro de Alvarado has been postponed with the date to be confirmed.

Comunicación

2008-09-02T04:16:00.007-05:00

Por motivos del aluvión que destruyó parte de la ciudad de Parral, la exposición de Jackie Sleper que se iba a inaugurar el 4 de septiembre en el Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado se pospone hasta nuevo aviso.

Video of the opening in Gómez Palacio / Video de la inauguración en Gómez Palacio

2008-08-15T20:57:00.005-05:00

Opening in Gómez Palacio / Inauguración en Gómez Palacio

2008-07-04T05:54:00.006-05:00

Rafael Aguirre, painter and exhibition promoter, Jackie Sleper and Carlos González Puente, Mexican writer and poet / Rafael Aguirre, pintor y promotor de la muestra, Jackie Sleper y Carlos González Puente, escritor y poeta mexicano

Museo de Arte Moderno

Ileana and Fernanda new Fridas in front of the painting "Oda a Frida Kahlo"/ Ileana y Fernanda nuevas Fridas delante de la obra "Oda a Frida Kahlo"

Jackie Sleper, danzantes de pluma

Manuel Ramírez López, Director General Casa de Cultura Gómez Palacio, Jackie Sleper, Matty Roca

Alejandro Arias Martinez, Director Museo de Arte Moderno Gómez Palacio, Matty Roca, Manuel Ramírez López

Jackie Sleper with the artists of the Casa del Artista

Gómez Palacio Press Review / Reseña de Prensa de Gómez Palacio

2008-07-04T05:43:00.005-05:00

Noticias de El Sol de La Laguna, 07 - 07 - 2008

El Siglo de Torreón, 06 - 07 - 2008

El Sol de Durango, 03 - 07 - 2008

El Sol de Durango, 30 - 06 - 2008

Victoria Laguna, 03 - 07 - 2008

La Opinión, 03 - 07 - 2008

Escenario, 03 - 07 - 2008

Escenario, 02 - 07 - 2008

Press conference in Gómez Palacio / Conferencia de prensa en Gómez Palacio

2008-07-03T03:15:00.003-05:00

Jackie Sleper and Carlos González Puente, Mexican writer and poet / Jackie Sleper y Carlos González Puente, escritor y poeta mexicano

Press release

2008-06-26T09:00:00.003-05:00

The Museo de Arte Moderno in Gómez Palacio to host Jackie Sleper's exhibition dedicated to Mexico

In July and August 2008 the Dutch artist will exhibit "Dulce y Amargo" in the Museum of Modern Art in the state of Durango

(Florence - Italy, 24 June 2008) - From 3 July to 25 August 2008, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Gómez Palacio, Durango Mexico, will host "Dulce y Amargo", Jackie Sleper's touring exhibition inspired by, and dedicated to, Mexico and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

Gómez Palacio is the third Mexican location to host the "Dulce y Amargo" exhibition and forms part of a tour that the famous Dutch artist will be showing in various Mexican towns throughout 2008 and 2009, all being curated by Matty Roca, art historian, museum curator and art critic. The first two exhibitions were held at the Museo de la Cultura Maya in Chetumal in March and April of this year and in May-June at the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel, both of which were considered to be a huge success. Manuel Ramírez López, Director of the Casa de Cultura, where this next exhibition is to take place, has said that he is honored to be hosting Mrs Sleper’s exhibition.
The artist will be present at the opening of "Dulce y Amargo" at the Museum of Modern Art of Gómez Palacio on the evening of 3 July, along with important local personalities from the political, cultural and educational scene in Mexico and from the Dutch community living in the state of Durango.

Jackie Sleper, the winner of the section “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007, has always been fascinated by Mexico and the artist Frida Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration. In 2005, she received an invitation from Matty Roca to depict her vision of Mexico and over the course of two years Jackie Sleper, together with her husband and children, spent many months in the country, about which she says that: “I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, in particular, got a sense of the country. My previous love of Mexico only grew stronger.... Over the next two years my work will be travelling to various museums in Mexico – something I would never have dared dream of as a child. I feel like I am on top of the world. This is the link that completes the chain."

Her works are at times reminiscent of a variety of artists: Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock. Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to painting, Jackie also creates objects using a variety of materials, which she then transforms into wholly a new and surprising entity. The artist allows all her work to be guided by a profound sense of humanity, and she is an artist in the truest sense of the word: her work has always been grounded in her exploration of the human existence and its significance.

Matty Roca: “I have been able to witness Jackie Sleper’s development – as a photographer, painter and sculptor – at first hand. Every painting is an intensely personal creation and expression, presenting the world as she perceives it. She is sensitive, intense, mysterious and subtle, but also possesses a strong personality, conveying this in her paintings with exceptional clarity, so that she is comprehensible for one and all.”

Jackie Sleper was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Utrecht Academy for Visual Arts. Between 1988 and 1995 she spent time in Ireland, Spain and Prague for study purposes. Works produced in her home country, the Netherlands, include a tile plateau in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, commissioned by the municipality of Utrecht, and ‘light objects’ for the Kruisheren Hotel, a design establishment that opened in Maastricht in 2005. Outside the Netherlands, she has exhibited in Antwerp (Art-Event), Stockholm (Art Fair), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Geneva (Europ’Art), Klagenfurt (Biennale Austria), Salzburg (Mozart Festival), Florence (Museo Diocesano and Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea), Milan (Studio D’Ars), New York (Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery and CVB Space), and in Mexico. One of her sculptures, "Modestia", was exhibited during the Venice Biennale, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007.

Calendar Mexico 2008

3 July - 25 August
Museo de Arte Moderno
Londres y Bilboa
Col. El Campestre
Gómez Palacio, Durango

4 September - 23 October
Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua

6 November - 19 December
Museo Regional de Durango "El Aguacate"
Durango, Durango

For further information:

Jackie Sleper
website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Images:
You can also see images of Jackie’s artworks at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

Press Office:
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com

http://www.studioabba.com

It will be possible to follow the various stages of “Dulce y Amargo” thanks to the information and images that will be posted on www.dulceyamargo.com.

Visitors to Jackie’s exhibitions in Mexico can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on Flickr and share them with
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.

For general comments contact: dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Comunicado de prensa

2008-06-26T08:49:00.004-05:00

"Dulce y Amargo" de Jackie Sleper en el Museo de Arte Moderno de Gómez Palacio

Del 3 de Julio al 25 de Agosto el museo durangueño expondrá las obras de la artista holandesa, inspiradas y dedicadas a México y a Frida Kahlo

(Florencia - Italia, 24 Junio 2008) - Verano en Gómez Palacio para la exposición "Dulce y Amargo" de Jackie Sleper. Después del grande éxito en Chetumal y en Cozumel, Quintana Roo, en Julio - Agosto 2008 el Museo de Arte Moderno de Gómez Palacio, Durango, abrirá sus puertas a las obras de la artista holandesa, inspiradas y dedicadas a México y a Frida Kahlo.

Gómez Palacio es la tercera sede que ospitará la exposición curada por Matty Roca, curadora, museógrafa internacional e historiadora del arte, y forma parte del programa de exposiciones que Jackie Sleper tendrá en México en 2008 y 2009. Las primeras exhibiciones, en el Museo de la Cultura Maya de Chetumal y en el Museo de la Isla de Cozumel, fueron recibidas con gran entusiasmo por el público. El Sr. Manuel Ramírez López, director de la Casa de Cultura, donde se encuentra el Museo de Arte Moderno, comentó que es un gran honor acoger la exposición de Jackie Sleper.
La inauguración contará con la presencia de la artista y de importantes personalidades del ámbito político, cultural y educativo, así como de ciudadanos holandeses residentes en Durango.

Jackie Sleper se ha sentido siempre atraida por México y por Frida Kahlo por la cual siente una profunda admiración. En 2005 Matty Roca, curadora, museógrafa internacional e historiadora del arte le pidió a Jackie que pintara su visión de México. En los dos últimos años Jackie Sleper, junto con su esposo y sus hijos, ha pasado varios meses en México creando sus obras. Jackie dice: “Matty se ha convertido en una gran amiga, me ha enseñado México. He obsevado todo a mi alrededor, hablado con mucha gente y especialmente aprendido el sentimiento de la gente. De este modo el amor que nutría yo por México creció y se fortaleció. Exponer mis obras en varios museos en México, es algo que nunca me hubiera imaginado. En este momento me siento en lo más alto de este mundo, este es el eslabón que completa la cadena.”

Su bandera de modernidades impone a dispares opciones Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo y Pollock. Jackie Sleper con total libertad incorpora técnicas y añade elementos experimentales: su trabajo se caracteriza por la combinación de fotografía, pintura y el uso de mixed media. Además de la pintura Jackie crea objetos en los cuales incorpora múltiples materiales, transformándolos en un nuevo concepto. Jackie Sleper se deja guiar en su trabajo por un profundo sentido humanista mereciendo sin duda el título de artista ya que su obra se nutre de una búsqueda que concierne al humano y su condición existencial.

Matty Roca: “He seguido de cerca la trayectoria de Jackie Sleper como fotógrafa, pintora y escultora. Cada una de sus pinturas tiene una intensa creación personal y expresión, presentando el mundo como lo percibe. Tierna, apasionada, enigmática y sutil pero al mismo tiempo posee una gran fuerza y carácter, sobretodo sabe lo que realmente quiere. Esta personalidad la expresa con gran calidad para ser comprendida por todos.”

Jackie Sleper nació en Amsterdam y estudió Artes Visuales en la Academia de Utrecht. En 1988 - 1995 visitó por motivos de estudios Irlanda, España y Praga. Entre las obras que ha realizado en su país podemos mencionar: una placa de azulejos en homenaje a Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen para el Municipio de Utrecht; “objetos luminosos” para el Hotel Kruisheren, establecimiento de diseño en Maastricht desde el 2005.
Exposiciones Internacionales:
Antwerp (Evento artístico), Estocolmo (Feria de Arte), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Ginebra (Europ’Art), Klagenfurt (Bienal de Austria), Salzburgo (Festival de Mozart), Florencia (Museo Diocesano y Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea), Milano (Studio D’Ars), New York (Galería Carrozzini Von Buhler y Espacio CVB), y en México.
Exhibió una de sus obras, "Modestia", durante la Biennale di Venezia, en Open 2007. Ganadora del primer lugar en la categoría de “escultura e instalación” en la Bienal de Florencia 2007.

Calendario México 2008

3 Julio – 25 Agosto
Museo de Arte Moderno
Londres y Bilboa
Col. El Campestre
Gómez Palacio, Durango

4 Septiembre - 23 Octubre
Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua

6 Noviembre - 19 Diciembre
Museo Regional de Durango “El Aguacate”
Durango, Durango

Para mayor información:

Jackie Sleper
website: http://www.jackiesleper.com

Imágenes:
Ud. también puede encontrar imágenes de las obras de Jackie en:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

Oficina de prensa:
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florencia, Italia
info@studioabba.com

http://www.studioabba.com

Gracias a la información y a las imágenes en www.dulceyamargo.com Ud. puede seguir el desarrollo del evento “Dulce y Amargo”.

Los visitantes de las exposiciones de Jackie en México también pueden compartir e incluir sus fotos de las exposiciones en Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo

Al final de la exposición itinerante, Jackie seleccionará los autores de las tres mejores fotografías y les enviará una litografía firmada de una de sus obras.

Para comentarios generales favor de contactar: dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Opening in Cozumel / Inauguración en Cozumel

2008-05-10T09:47:00.008-05:00

Jackie Sleper, Lic. Eduardo Novela Lopez, Matty Roca, Ingrid Bosman, Lic. Isela Carrillo

Jackie Sleper, Lic. Eduardo Novela Lopez

Ingrid Bosman, Jan Jacob Sleper, Matty Roca, Lic. Isela Carrillo, Jackie Sleper, Lic. Eduardo Novela Lopez

Cozumel Press Review / Reseña de Prensa de Cozumel

2008-05-07T03:50:00.007-05:00

México: Cozumel abre sus puertas a Jackie Sleper
IBERARTE - miércoles, 07 de mayo de 2008

http://www.novenet.com.mx/seccion.php?id=101823&sec=5&d=01&m=05&y=2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20080504/bs_prweb/prweb909274_1

Press release

2008-05-05T04:53:00.004-05:00

The Museo de la Isla in Cozumel hosts Dulce y Amargo

In May and June 2008, Jackie Sleper’s artworks will be exhibited at the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel in a show curated by Matty Roca

(Florence - Italy, 30 April 2008) - From the 9th of May to the 20th June 2008, the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel will host "Dulce y Amargo", the exhibition of Jackie Sleper's artworks inspired by, and dedicated to, Mexico and to Frida Kahlo. Cozumel is the second Mexican location for her "Dulce y Amargo" exhibition, which forms part of the series of exhibitions that the famous Dutch artist will be showing in Mexico in 2008 and 2009, all being curated by Matty Roca, art historian and art critic. After the success of the first exhibition in Chetumal, David Domínguez Povedano, General Director of the Museo de la Isla in Cozumel has announced that there is great interest in the forthcoming event.

Jackie Sleper has always been fascinated by Mexico and Frida Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration. In 2005, she received an invitation from Matty Roca to depict her vision of Mexico. Over the course of two years Jackie Sleper, together with her husband and children, spent many months in the country, where she created many of her works. Jackie says: “Matty Roca became a dear friend. She showed me Mexico. I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, especially, got a sense of the country".

Her modern works are at times reminiscent of Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock. Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to paintings, Jackie creates objects that incorporate a variety of multiple materials, which she transforms into wholly new and surprising concepts.

Jackie Sleper's work Modestia, was exhibited during La Biennale di Venezia, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007.

CALENDAR 2008 (dates to be confirmed):

9/05 - 20/06 Museo de la Isla de Cozumel
3/07 - 25/08 Museo de Arte Moderno de Gòmez Palacios.
4/09 - 23/10 Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado
6/11 - 12 (closing date TBC) Museo del Aguacate, Durango

For further information:

Jackie Sleper
http://www.jackiesleper.com/

Images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

Press office
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com

It will be possible to follow the various stages of “Dulce y amargo” thanks to the information and images that will be posted on http://www.dulceyamargo.com/
Visitors to Jackie’s exhibitions in Mexico, can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on Flickr and share them with http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.
For general comments contact:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com

Comunicado de prensa

2008-05-05T04:06:00.003-05:00

Dulce y Amargo: el México de Jackie Sleper en Cozumel

Del 9 de mayo al 20 de junio, el Museo de la Isla de Cozumel abrirá sus puertas a las obras dedicadas a México de la artista holandesa Jackie Sleper

(Florencia – Italia, abril 2008) En mayo - junio 2008 el Museo de la Isla de Cozumel abrirá sus puertas a la exposición "Dulce y Amargo" de la artista holandesa Jackie Sleper, inspirada y dedicada a México y a Frida Kahlo. La exposición "Dulce y Amargo" está curada por Matty Roca, curadora, museógrafa internacional e historiadora del arte. Cozumel es la segunda sede en México del programa de exposiciones 2008-2009 de la artista holandesa Jackie Sleper. En Chetumal, sede de la primera exposición, el público recibió con gran entusiasmo las obras de Jackie Sleper. El Sr. David Domínguez Povedano, Director General del Museo de la Isla de Cozumel comentó que hay un gran interés del público por la exposición que se inaugurará en los próximos días.

Jackie Sleper se ha sentido siempre atraida por México y por Frida Kahlo. En los dos últimos años la artista, junto con su esposo y sus hijos, ha pasado varios meses en México creando sus obras. Jackie dice: “Matty Roca se ha convertido en una gran amiga, me ha enseñado México. He obsevado todo a mi alrededor, hablado con mucha gente y especialmente aprendido el sentimiento de la gente. De este modo el amor que nutría yo por México creció y se fortaleció.”

Su bandera de modernidades impone a dispares opciones Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo y Pollock. Jackie Sleper con total libertad incorpora técnicas y añade elementos experimentales: su trabajo se caracteriza por la combinación de fotografía, pintura y el uso de mixed media. Además de la pintura Jackie crea objetos en los cuales incorpora múltiples materiales, transformándolos en un nuevo concepto.

Jackie Sleper exhibió una de sus obras, Modestia, durante la Biennale di Venezia, en Open 2007. Ganadora del primer lugar en la categorìa de “escultura e instalación” en la Bienal de Florencia 2007.

Calendario México 2008 (fechas de confirmar)

9/05 – 20/06 Museo de la Isla de Cozumel
3/07 – 25/08 Museo de Arte Moderno de Gòmez Palacios
4/09 - 23/10 Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado, Chihuahua
6/11 - 12 Museo del Aguacate, Durango

PARA MAYOR INFORMACIÓN:

Jackie Sleper
http://www.jackiesleper.com

Imágenes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo

Oficina de prensa:
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com

Gracias a la información y a las imágenes en http://www.dulceyamargo.com Ud. puede seguir el desarrollo del evento “Dulce y Amargo”. Los visitantes de las exposiciones de Jackie en México también pueden compartir e incluir sus fotos de las exposiciones en Flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
Al final de la exposiciòn itinerante, Jackie seleccionará los autores de las tres mejores fotografías y les enviará una litografía firmada de una de sus obras.
Para comentarios generales favor de contactar:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com