CAF Artespacio offers In the silence of the night by celebrated plastic artist Luis Zilveti

(La Paz, January 12, 2012). - From January 16, CAF Artespacio, cultural space of the Latin American development bank in La Paz, will present the work of Bolivian artist Luis Zilveti in the exhibition "In the silence of the night" which opens this year's cycle of exhibitions in the gallery.

Zilveti is one of the greatest international exponents of Bolivian art. The exhibition of watercolor drawings shows that the unconscious is a vital element in every work of art.

According to the author, 15 watercolor drawings are on display, which show personages with energetic, sometimes violent, brush strokes which define the diffuse; the traces reveal the instant and the fleeting.

"In the silence of the night" the forms burst into the unconscious as ephemeral flecks imprisoned by the paper to then be projected into the secret background of consciousness," Zilveti explains, adding that for him "it is about abstracting the figure to its most elementary level."

Zilveti studied at the School of Fine Arts in La Paz and received a grant from the Sim�n I. Pati�o Foundation to study at Cit� Internationale des Arts in Paris where he lived for over 40 years.

From 1960 to 2010 he presented over 70 solo exhibitions in capitals in Bolivia, France, United States, Ecuador and Germany among others. He also created over 25 murals in his country and France.

He has received major awards in Bolivia: including the "Pedro Domingo Murillo" Salon Grand Prize in 1964 and 1969; in 1975 he was honored with the UNESCO Second Prize and in 1993 with the EJA award in Monte Carlo. In 1997 he won first prize for fresh ink drawing from the BHN Foundation.

The "In the silence of the night" - the first show to be presented by CAF in 2012 - will open to the public at 7pm on Monday on January 16 until the 30th.