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[email protected] HECHO EN MÉXICO: NEWCOMB ART GALLERY PRESENTS THREE EXHIBITIONS SHOWCASING THE ART AND ARTIFACTS OF MEXICO (New Orleans, LA) The Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University is pleased to announce De Ser Árbol featuring the drawings of acclaimed Mexican artist Sandra Pani. Two companion shows, Las Delicias: The Drawings of William Spratling, Artist and Entrepreneur and Treasures of Darkness: Spanish Colonial Silver from the Middle American Research Institute showcase works borrowed from Tulane’s distinguished collections of Latin American art and artifacts. The three shows will be on view from January 17 through March 3, 2013. Sponsored in part by the Consulate General of Mexico, New Orleans, De Ser Árbol, translated as “of being a tree,” creatively expresses the process of dissolution, reintegration, and the emergence of new life. Pani explains that although the drawings trace a personal map expressing her identity, “They are not only about me, nor for me. They are at once profoundly personal and archetypal.” In each of the drawings, references to the body and the tree are veiled but still speak to the fact that living creatures share universal designs, in spite of adaptations and permutations. The artist cites as examples the ethereal lightness of the capillarity of a leaf and the veins of a hand as well as the verticality of the human spine and the trunk of a tree. Accompanying the exhibition will be Las Delicias: The Drawings of William Spratling, Artist and Entrepreneur, a selection of silver design sketches curated by Newcomb College alumna and jewelry designer Mignon Faget.