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The exhibition "City of the Cross", the painter Murcia Zachary Cherry, will open its doors tomorrow in the exhibition hall of the old Society of Jesus.
The exhibition, organized by the Culture Department of the City of Caravaca, includes a full exhibition of watercolors of the most emblematic of the city and other parts of the region found the passage of the Ways of the Cross.
The watercolorist Zachary Cherry explained that "the Jubilee Year has been the perfect opportunity to learn in depth Caravaca and discover the traces of history and faith through the imprint of San Juan de la Cruz and Santa Teresa, so present in the city. This exhibition is a tribute also to the caravaqueños that with his tenacity and work are getting an unprecedented promotion for Vera Cruz and the Jubilee Year. "
Cherry said "the ancient Church of the Company is the best exhibition hall I've seen in my 40 years as a painter and I think the best framework for this exhibition that shifts between the human and the sacred."
The exhibition consists of 60 watercolors based on heritage and landscape of Caravaca de la Cruz, its most prominent landmarks, and streets and buildings that form the most significant urban fabric.
Also present in this exhibition some significant places in the region where it runs the Ways of Caravaca.
The mayor, accompanied by the Councillor for Culture and the artist Zachary Cherry, inaugurate the exhibition tomorrow, Friday, at 20.00 hours.
Zachary Cherry, (1951, Maciascoque Guadalupe, Murcia): Your early vocation led him to study the classics was fascinated by the Impressionists and their way of interpreting the light.
Pinta tirelessly and experience with all techniques in watercolor until he finds a world suggestive of effects and transparencies which gives it a language that feels identified by their freshness, spontaneity and luminosity
Since 1972 he exhibits regularly in Murcia.
It has also led his paintings in Barcelona, Madrid, The Hague, Miami and Italy.
He has done murals, painted posters, illustrated books and a record cover.
His most important exhibitions have been 'Subtracting Light', `Chícamo, Rio de Barro ', Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Home of the Salzillo',` Salzillo Murcia 'and' Water Footprint 'and `Highway illustrated Perdonanza'Ha the book `The Fable of Angels',` My Three Poems' Over My Life ', etc. ..
He also published the story 'The Night of the executioners' and `The Adventures of Daniel'.
Involved since its foundation in the exhibitions of the Painters 'Solidarity project with Paraguay' which enables the construction of schools in the Chaco.
He has worked several years in the classrooms of the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca in activities related to the visual language aimed at children.
Also a frequent guest artist cultural weeks of primary schools and institutes.
In 2006 launched an investigation which led to the discovery, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, S.
Maria Capua Vetere (Italy), the point of baptism of the sculptor Nicola Salzillo, father of Francisco Salzillo.
This has resulted in a cultural relationship between Murcia and city. that in 2009 received an award from the Italian town of Santa Maria Capua Vetere for having returned there the memory of local sculptor Salzillo Nicolas Gallo, for promoting knowledge in Murcia that city and for increasing the wealth of the museum with the donation of his watercolors.
In the Civic Museum since there is a room devoted to Nicholas and Francisco Salzillo and another to Zachary Cerezo.
Through cultural exchange, Zachary Cherry is involved in the process of twinning S.
Maria Capua Vetere and Murcia.
During the years 2009 and 2010 traveling the roads of Santiago and Caravaca de la Cruz painting to mark the Holy Year in both cities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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