Retrospective Exhibition by Zilia Sánchez at the Phillips Collection

Entitled "I Am an Island," the retrospective exhibition by Zilia Sánchez in Washington D.C. is on display from February 6 to May 19 of 2019. Organized by the Phillips Collection, the retrospective aims at examining Sánchez's prolific artistic career, exhibiting a group of over sixty works including paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, along with illustrations and sketches that propose a survey through her early works created in Cuba, her trips to Europe, her stay in New York, and her permanent move to Puerto Rico, where she currently lives and works. Zilia Sánchez studied visual arts at the Academia de San Alejandro in Havana. She left Cuba in 1960, lived in Spain and other countries until finally moving to Puerto Rico, where she developed her artistic and teaching careers. Sánchez has received numerous recognitions for highly singular work that emphasizes the abstraction of sensual and poetic forms. Several events will be organized during the exhibition, including: a guided tour on March 21 at 6:30 pm, in which curator Vesela Stretenovic , the museum's Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary art, will offer her vision of the show; on March 28 at 6:30 pm, Puerto Rican artist Chemi Rosado-Seijo , a former student of Zilia Sánchez, will be joined in conversation with Vesela Sretenovic; and, on April 13, from 2 to 5 pm, Stretenovic and other leading scholars will participate in a symposium to discuss Sánchez's work. The Phillips Collection was founded by Duncan Phillips and currently has more than 4,000 works of art ranging from French Impressionism to contemporary art. Located at 1600 21st Street NW in Washington D.C., the museums opens from Tuesday to Sunday. More information is available at: https://www.phillipscollection.org/visit After Washington DC, the exhibition will travel to the Ponce Museum of Art, and to the Museo del Barrio in New York.